Coffee is the second largest traded commodity in the world, next to crude oil. It’s also one of the oldest commodities, with over 2.25 billion cups of coffee consumed worldwide daily.
REIMBURSING
Verb
reimbursing
present participle of reimburse
Anagrams
• miniburgers
Source: Wiktionary
REIMBURSE
Re`im*burse" (-brs"), v. t. [imp. & p. p. Reimbursed (-brst"); p. pr. & vb. n. Reimbursing.] Etym: [Pref. re- + imburse: cf. F. rembourser.]
1. To replace in a treasury or purse, as an equivalent for what has been taken, lost, or expended; to refund; to pay back; to restore; as, to reimburse the expenses of a war.
2. To make restoration or payment of an equivalent to (a person); to pay back to; to indemnify; -- often reflexive; as, to reimburse one's self by successful speculation. Paley.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
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