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.
GROCERIES
Noun
groceries
plural of grocery
Noun
groceries pl (plural only)
The commodities sold by a grocer or in a grocery store.
Verb
groceries
Third-person singular simple present indicative form of grocery
Source: Wiktionary
GROCERY
Gro"cer*y, n.; pl. Groceries. Etym: [F. grosserie wholesale. See Grocer.]
1. The commodities sold by grocers, as tea, coffee, spices, etc.; -- in the United States almost always in the plural form, in this sense. A deal box . . . to carry groceries in. Goldsmith. The shops at which the best families of the neighborhood bought grocery and millinery. Macaulay.
2. A retail grocer's shop or store. [U.s.];
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
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