“Coffee, the favorite drink of the civilized world.” – Thomas Jefferson, third president of the United States
PROFITEER
profiteer
(noun) someone who makes excessive profit (especially on goods in short supply)
profiteer
(verb) make an unreasonable profit, as on the sale of difficult to obtain goods
Source: WordNet® 3.1
Etymology
Noun
profiteer (plural profiteers)
(pejorative) One who makes an unreasonable profit not justified by cost or risk, a rent seeker.
Hypernyms
• profiter
Verb
profiteer (third-person singular simple present profiteers, present participle profiteering, simple past and past participle profiteered)
To make an unreasonable profit not justified by cost or risk.
Source: Wiktionary
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UNMARRIED
(adjective) not married or related to the unmarried state; “unmarried men and women”; “unmarried life”; “sex and the single girl”; “single parenthood”; “are you married or single?”
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