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.
ROBBING
ROB
overcharge, soak, surcharge, gazump, fleece, plume, pluck, rob, hook
(verb) rip off; ask an unreasonable price
rob
(verb) take something away by force or without the consent of the owner; “The burglars robbed him of all his money”
Source: WordNet® 3.1
Verb
robbing
present participle of rob
Noun
robbing (countable and uncountable, plural robbings)
robbery
Source: Wiktionary
ROB
Rob, n. Etym: [F.; cf. Sp. rob, It. rob, robbo, Pg. robe, arrobe, Ar. rubb, robb, Per. rub.]
Definition: The inspissated juice of ripe fruit, obtained by evaporation of the juice over a fire till it acquires the consistence of a sirup. It is sometimes mixed with honey or sugar. [Written also rhob, and rohob.]
Rob, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Robbed; p. pr. & vb. n. Robbing.] Etym: [OF. rober, of German origin; cf. OHG. roub, G. rauben, and OHG. roub robbing, booty, G. raub. sq. root114. See Reave,and cf. Robe.]
1. To take (something) away from by force; to strip by stealing; to plunder; to pillage; to steal from. Who would rob a hermit of his weeds, His few books, or his beads, or maple dish Milton. He that is robbed, not wanting what is stolen, Let him not know it, and he's not robbed at all. Shak. To be executed for robbing a church. Shak.
2. (Law)
Definition: To take the property of (any one) from his person, or in his presence, feloniously, and against his will, by violence or by putting him in fear.
3. To deprive of, or withhold from, unjustly or injuriously; to defraud; as, to rob one of his rest, or of his good name; a tree robs the plants near it of sunlight. I never robbed the soldiers of their pay. Shak.
Rob, v. i.
Definition: To take that which belongs to another, without right or permission, esp. by violence. I am accursed to rob in that thief's company. Shak.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
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