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.
FAVORABLE
advantageous, favorable, favourable
(adjective) giving an advantage; “a contract advantageous to our country”; “socially advantageous to entertain often”
golden, favorable, favourable, lucky, prosperous
(adjective) presaging or likely to bring good luck or a good outcome; “a favorable time to ask for a raise”; “lucky stars”; “a prosperous moment to make a decision”
favorable, favourable
(adjective) (of winds or weather) tending to promote or facilitate; “the days were fair and the winds were favorable”
favorable, favourable
(adjective) encouraging or approving or pleasing; “a favorable reply”; “he received a favorable rating”; “listened with a favorable ear”; “made a favorable impression”
Source: WordNet® 3.1
Adjective
favorable (comparative more favorable, superlative most favorable)
(American spelling) Alternative form of favourable
Source: Wiktionary
Fa"vor*a*ble, a. [Written also favourable.] Etym: [F. favorable, L. favorabilis favored, popular, pleasing, fr. favor. See Favor, n.]
1. Full of favor; favoring; manifesting partiality; kind; propitious; friendly. Lend favorable ears to our request. Shak. Lord, thou hast been favorable unto thy land. Ps. lxxxv. 1.
2. Conducive; contributing; tending to promote or facilitate; advantageous; convenient. A place very favorable for the making levies of men. Clarendon. The temper of the climate, favorable to generation, health, and long life. Sir W. Temple.
3. Beautiful; well-favored. [Obs.] Spenser.
– Fa"vora*ble*ness, n.
– Fa"vor*a*bly, sdv. The faborableness of the present times to all extertions in the cause of liberty. Burke.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
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