Decaffeinated coffee comes from a chemical process that takes out caffeine from the beans. Pharmaceutical and soda companies buy the extracted caffeine.
RESPONDENTS
Noun
respondents
plural of respondent
Source: Wiktionary
RESPONDENT
Re*spond"ent (-ent), a. Etym: [L. respondens, p. pr. of respondere.]
Definition: Disposed or expected to respond; answering; according; corresponding. Wealth respondent to payment and contributions. Bacon.
Re*spond"ent, n. Etym: [Cf. F. répondant.]
Definition: One who responds. It corresponds in general to defendant. Specifically: (a) (Law) One who answers in certain suits or proceedings, generally those which are not according to the course of the common law, as in equity and admiralty causes, in petitions for partition, and the like; -- distinquished from appellant. (b) One who maintains a thesis in reply, and whose province it is to refute objections, or overthrow arguments; -- distinguished from opponent. I. Watts.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
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