The New York Stock Exchange started out as a coffee house.
Sper, Sperre, v. t. Etym: [See Spar bar.]
Definition: To shut in; to support; to inclose; to fasten. [Obs.] "To sperre the gate." Spenser.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
25 February 2025
(adverb) (spatial sense) seeming to have no bounds; “the Nubian desert stretched out before them endlessly”
The New York Stock Exchange started out as a coffee house.