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.
SISTS
Noun
sists
plural of sist
Source: Wiktionary
SIST
Sist, v. t. Etym: [L. sistere to bring to a stand, to stop.]
1. (Scots Law)
Definition: To stay, as judicial proceedings; to delay or suspend; to stop.
2. To cause to take a place, as at the bar of a court; hence, to cite; to summon; to bring into court. [Scot.] Some, however, have preposterously sisted nature as the first or generative principle. Sir W. Hamilton.
Sist, n. (Scots Law)
Definition: A stay or suspension of proceedings; an order for a stay of proceedings. Burril.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
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ROOTS
(noun) the condition of belonging to a particular place or group by virtue of social or ethnic or cultural lineage; “his roots in Texas go back a long way”; “he went back to Sweden to search for his roots”; “his music has African roots”
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