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.
IMPONE
Etymology
Verb
impone (third-person singular simple present impones, present participle imponing, simple past and past participle imponed)
(obsolete, transitive) To stake; to wager; to pledge.
Source: Wiktionary
Im*pone", v. t. Etym: [L. imponere, impositum, to place upon; pref. im- in + ponere to place. See Position.]
Definition: To stake; to wager; to pledge. [Obs.] Against the which he has imponed, as I take it, six French rapiers and poniards. Shak.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
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