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.
INTENDANT
Etymology
Noun
intendant (plural intendants)
(UK) Administrator of an opera house or theater.
(dated) One who has the charge, direction, or management of some public business; a superintendent.
A governor in various specific contexts, including certain South American countries, and historically in the kingdoms of Spain, Portugal, and France, and in imperial China.
Synonyms
• (governor): governor; see also circuit intendant (Chinese)
Adjective
intendant (comparative more intendant, superlative most intendant)
(obsolete) Attentive.
Source: Wiktionary
In*tend"ant, n. Etym: [F. intendant, fr. L. intendere to direct (one's thoughts) to a thing. See Intend.]
Definition: One who has the charge, direction, or management of some public business; a superintendent; as, an intendant of marine; an intendant of finance.
In*tend"ant, a. Etym: [See Intend.]
Definition: Attentive. [Obs.]
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
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TRANSPOSITION
(noun) (music) playing in a different key from the key intended; moving the pitch of a piece of music upwards or downwards
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