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.
HAWALA
hawala
(noun) an underground banking system based on trust whereby money can be made available internationally without actually moving it or leaving a record of the transaction; “terrorists make extensive use of hawala”
Source: WordNet® 3.1
Etymology
Noun
hawala (uncountable)
A long-established informal system of money transfer from India and the Middle East, still in use by migrant workers.
Anagrams
• Halawa, halawa
Source: Wiktionary
Recent Word Finds
Word of the Day
24 December 2024
INTUITIVELY
(adverb) in an intuitive manner; “inventors seem to have chosen intuitively a combination of explosive and aggressive sounds as warning signals to be used on automobiles”
Coffee Trivia
