According to Statista, the global coffee industry is worth US$363 billion in 2020. The market grows annually by 10.6%, and 78% of revenue came from out-of-home establishments like cafes and coffee beverage retailers.
MERCHET
Etymology
Noun
merchet (plural merchets)
(obsolete) In Middle Ages England, a fine paid to a lord on a daughter's marriage, in recompense for the loss of a worker.
Source: Wiktionary
Mar"chet, Mer"chet, n. Etym: [LL. marcheta; of uncertain origin.]
Definition: In old English and in Scots law, a fine paid to the lord of the soil by a tenant upon the marriage of one the tenant's daughters.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
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