The New York Stock Exchange started out as a coffee house.
Loads"man, Lodes"man, n. Etym: [Load, lode + man. See Lode.]
Definition: A pilot. [Obs.] Chaucer.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
5 November 2024
(verb) draw out a discussion or process in order to gain time; “The speaker temporized in order to delay the vote”
The New York Stock Exchange started out as a coffee house.