The average annual yield from one coffee tree is the equivalent of 1 to 1 1/2 pounds of roasted coffee. It takes about 4,000 hand-picked green coffee beans to make a pound of coffee.
RATION
ration
(noun) the food allowance for one day (especially for service personnel); “the rations should be nutritionally balanced”
ration
(noun) a fixed portion that is allotted (especially in times of scarcity)
ration, ration out
(verb) distribute in rations, as in the army; “Cigarettes are rationed”
ration
(verb) restrict the consumption of a relatively scarce commodity, as during war; “Bread was rationed during the siege of the city”
Source: WordNet® 3.1
Etymology
Noun
ration (plural rations)
A portion of some limited resource allocated to a person or group.
Verb
ration (third-person singular simple present rations, present participle rationing, simple past and past participle rationed)
(transitive) To supply with a ration; to limit (someone) to a specific allowance of something.
(transitive) To portion out (especially during a shortage of supply); to limit access to.
(transitive) To restrict (an activity etc.)
Synonyms
• Hooverize
Anagrams
• Natori, Nortia, Torain, Torian, Triano, Troian, aroint
Source: Wiktionary
Ra"tion, n. Etym: [F., fr. L. ratio a reckoning, calculation, relation, reference, LL. ratio ration. See Ratio.]
1. A fixed daily allowance of provisions assigned to a soldier in the army, or a sailor in the navy, for his subsistence.
Note: Officers have several rations, the number varying according to their rank or the number of their attendants.
2. Hence, a certain portion or fixed amount dealt out; an allowance; an allotment.
Ra"tion, v. t.
Definition: To supply with rations, as a regiment.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
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