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.
NONCE
Etymology 1
Noun
nonce (plural nonces)
The one or single occasion; the present reason or purpose (now only in for the nonce).
(lexicography) A nonce word.
(cryptography) A value constructed so as to be unique to a particular message in a stream, in order to prevent replay attacks.
Adjective
nonce (not comparable)
One-off; produced or created for a single occasion or use. Denoting something occurring once.
Etymology 2
Noun
nonce (plural nonces)
(British, slang, pejorative, prisons) A sex offender, especially one who is guilty of sexual offences against children. [1975]
(British, slang, pejorative) A stupid or worthless person. [2002]
Source: Wiktionary
Nonce, n. Etym: [For the nonce, OE. for the nones, a corruption of for then ones, where n. in then is a relic of AS. m in , dat. of the article and demonstrative pronoun, E. the. See For, Once, and The.]
Definition: The one or single occasion; the present call or purpose; -- chiefly used in the phrase for the nonce. The miller was a stout carl for the nones. Chaucer. And that he calls for drink, I 'll have prepared him A chalice for the nonce. Shak. Nonce word, "a word apparently employed only for the nonce". Murray (New English Dict. ).
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
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DOOMED
(adjective) marked by or promising bad fortune; “their business venture was doomed from the start”; “an ill-fated business venture”; “an ill-starred romance”; “the unlucky prisoner was again put in irons”- W.H.Prescott
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