There are four varieties of commercially viable coffee: Arabica, Liberica, Excelsa, and Robusta. Growers predominantly plant the Arabica species. Although less popular, Robusta tastes slightly more bitter and contains more caffeine.
NEGOTIATE
negociate, negotiate, talk terms
(verb) discuss the terms of an arrangement; “They negotiated the sale of the house”
negotiate, negociate
(verb) succeed in passing through, around, or over; “The hiker negociated the high mountain pass”
Source: WordNet® 3.1
Etymology
Verb
negotiate (third-person singular simple present negotiates, present participle negotiating, simple past and past participle negotiated)
(intransitive) To confer with others in order to come to terms or reach an agreement.
(transitive) To arrange or settle something by mutual agreement.
(transitive) To succeed in coping with, or getting over something.
(transitive) To transfer to another person with all the rights of the original holder; to pass, as a bill.
(obsolete) To transact business; to carry on trade.
(obsolete) To intrigue; to scheme.
Source: Wiktionary
Ne*go"ti*ate, v. i. Etym: [L. negotiatus, p.p. of negotiari, fr. negotium business; nec not + otium leisure. Cf. Neglect.]
1. To transact business; to carry on trade. [Obs.] Hammond.
2. To treat with another respecting purchase and sale or some business affair; to bargain or trade; as, to negotiate with a man for the purchase of goods or a farm.
3. To hold intercourse respecting a treaty, league, or convention; to treat with, respecting peace or commerce; to conduct communications or conferences. He that negotiates between God and man Is God's ambassador. Cowper.
4. To intrigue; to scheme. [Obs.] Bacon.
Ne*go"ti*ate, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Negotiated; p. pr. & vb. n. Negotiating.]
1. To carry on negotiations concerning; to procure or arrange for by negotiation; as, to negotiate peace, or an exchange. Constantinople had negotiated in the isles of the Archipelago ... the most indispensable supplies. Gibbon.
2. To transfer for a valuable consideration under rules of commercial law; to sell; to pass. The notes were not negotiated to them in the usual course of business or trade. Kent.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
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