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.
SUCCESSOR
successor
(noun) a thing or person that immediately replaces something or someone
successor, heir
(noun) a person who inherits some title or office
successor, replacement
(noun) a person who follows next in order; “he was President Lincoln’s successor”
Source: WordNet® 3.1
Etymology
Noun
successor (plural successors)
A person or thing that immediately follows another in holding an office or title.
The next heir in order or succession.
A person who inherits a title or office.
(arithmetic, set theory) The integer, ordinal number or cardinal number immediately following another.
Synonyms
• (person or thing that immediately follows another): aftercomer (uncommon); see also successor
Antonyms
• (person or thing that immediately follows another): predecessor; see also predecessor
Source: Wiktionary
Suc*ces"sor, n. Etym: [OE. successour, OF. successur, successor, F. successeur, L. successor. See Succeed.]
Definition: One who succeeds or follows; one who takes the place which another has left, and sustains the like part or character; -- correlative to predecessor; as, the successor of a deceased king. Chaucer. A gift to a corporation, either of lands or of chattels, without naming their successors, vests an absolute property in them so lond as the corporation subsists. Blackstone.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
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