The New York Stock Exchange started out as a coffee house.
paupers
plural of pauper
• upspear
Source: Wiktionary
Pau"per, n. Etym: [L. See Poor.]
Definition: A poor person; especially, one development on private or public charity. Also used adjectively; as, pouper immigrants, pouper labor.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
3 June 2025
(noun) (law) someone who owns (is legal possessor of) a business; “he is the owner of a chain of restaurants”
The New York Stock Exchange started out as a coffee house.