Coffee is the second largest traded commodity in the world, next to crude oil. It’s also one of the oldest commodities, with over 2.25 billion cups of coffee consumed worldwide daily.
É`tape", n. [F. Cf. Staple a mart.]
1.
Definition: A public storehouse.
2. Supplies issued to troops on the march; hence (Mil.),
Definition: the place where troops on the march halt over night; also, by extension, the distance marched during a day.
3. In Russia, a prison or stockade for the confinement of prisoners in transit.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
27 May 2025
(noun) the property of being directional or maintaining a direction; “the directionality of written English is from left to right”
Coffee is the second largest traded commodity in the world, next to crude oil. It’s also one of the oldest commodities, with over 2.25 billion cups of coffee consumed worldwide daily.