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.
REPECHAGE
repechage
(noun) a race (especially in rowing) in which runners-up in the eliminating heats compete for a place in the final race
Source: WordNet® 3.1
Etymology
Noun
repechage (plural repechages)
(sports) A heat (as in rowing or fencing) in which the best competitors who have lost in a previous round compete for a place or places yet left in the next round.
Source: Wiktionary
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FUNERAL
(noun) a ceremony at which a dead person is buried or cremated; “hundreds of people attended his funeral”
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