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.
meager, meagre, meagerly, stingy, scrimpy
(adjective) deficient in amount or quality or extent; “meager resources”; “meager fare”
stingy, ungenerous
(adjective) unwilling to spend (money, time, resources, etc.); “she practices economy without being stingy”; “an ungenerous response to the appeal for funds”
Source: WordNet® 3.1
stingiest
superlative form of stingy: most stingy
Source: Wiktionary
Sting"y, a.
Definition: Stinging; able to sting.
Stin"gy, a. [Compar. Stingier; superl. Stingiest.] Etym: [Probably from sting, and meaning originally, stinging; hence, biting, nipping (of the wind), churlish, avaricious; or cf. E. skinch.]
Definition: Extremely close and covetous; meanly avaricious; niggardly; miserly; penurious; as, a stingy churl. A stingy, narrow-hearted fellow that had a deal of choice fruit, had not the heart to touch it till it began to be rotten. L'estrange.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
1 May 2025
(adjective) of or relating to an economy, the system of production and management of material wealth; “economic growth”; “aspects of social, political, and economical life”
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.