The New York Stock Exchange started out as a coffee house.
preacquaint (third-person singular simple present preacquaints, present participle preacquainting, simple past and past participle preacquainted)
(transitive) To acquaint previously or beforehand.
Source: Wiktionary
Pre`ac*quaint", v. t.
Definition: To acquaint previously or beforehand. Fielding.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
22 September 2024
(noun) a beginning from which an enterprise is launched; “he uses other people’s ideas as a springboard for his own”; “reality provides the jumping-off point for his illusions”; “the point of departure of international comparison cannot be an institution but must be the function it carries out”
The New York Stock Exchange started out as a coffee house.