The New York Stock Exchange started out as a coffee house.
OBTEMPERED
Verb
obtempered
simple past tense and past participle of obtemper
Source: Wiktionary
OBTEMPER
Ob*tem"per, v. t. & i. Etym: [See Obtemperate.] (Scots Law)
Definition: To obey (a judgment or decree).
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
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TRANSPOSITION
(noun) (music) playing in a different key from the key intended; moving the pitch of a piece of music upwards or downwards
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