Brazil is the largest coffee producer in the world. Each year Brazil exports more than 44 million bags of coffee. Vietnam follows at exporting over 27 million bags each year.
LASTAGE
Etymology
Noun
lastage (countable and uncountable, plural lastages)
(obsolete) A duty exacted, in some fairs or markets, for the right to carry things where one will.
(obsolete) A tax on wares sold by the last.
(obsolete) The lading of a ship; ballast.
(obsolete) Room for stowing goods, as in a ship.
Anagrams
• agelast, algates, tag sale
Source: Wiktionary
Last"age n. Etym: [E. lestage ballasting, fr. lest ballast, or LL. lastagium, lestagium. See Last a load.]
1. A duty exacted, in some fairs or markets, for the right to carry things where one will. [Obs.]
2. A tax on wares sold by the last. [Obs.] Cowell.
3. The lading of a ship; also, ballast. Spelman.
4. Room for stowing goods, as in a ship.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
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