According to Statista, the global coffee industry is worth US$363 billion in 2020. The market grows annually by 10.6%, and 78% of revenue came from out-of-home establishments like cafes and coffee beverage retailers.
PROBATIONARY
probationary, provisional, provisionary, tentative
(adjective) under terms not final or fully worked out or agreed upon; “probationary employees”; “a provisional government”; “just a tentative schedule”
Source: WordNet® 3.1
Etymology
Adjective
probationary (comparative more probationary, superlative most probationary)
Of, pertaining to, or subject to probation
Noun
probationary (plural probationaries)
An employee who is still in their probationary period.
Source: Wiktionary
Pro*ba"tion*a*ry a.
Definition: Of or pertaining to probation; serving for trial. To consider this life . . . as a probationary state. Paley.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
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PARSIMONIOUS
(adjective) excessively unwilling to spend; “parsimonious thrift relieved by few generous impulses”; “lived in a most penurious manner--denying himself every indulgence”
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