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.
surety
(noun) something clearly established
security, surety
(noun) a guarantee that an obligation will be met
guarantor, surety, warrantor, warranter
(noun) one who provides a warrant or guarantee to another
hostage, surety
(noun) a prisoner who is held by one party to insure that another party will meet specified terms
security, surety
(noun) property that your creditor can claim in case you default on your obligation; “bankers are reluctant to lend without good security”
Source: WordNet® 3.1
surety (countable and uncountable, plural sureties)
Certainty.
That which makes sure; that which confirms; ground of confidence or security.
(legal) A promise to pay a sum of money in the event that another person fails to fulfill an obligation.
(legal) One who undertakes to pay money or perform other acts in the event that his principal fails therein.
A substitute; a hostage.
Evidence; confirmation; warrant.
• Steury, tuyers
Source: Wiktionary
Sure"ty, n.; pl. Sureties. Etym: [OE. seurte, OF. seürté, F. sûreté. See Sure, Security.]
1. The state of being sure; certainty; security. Know of a surety, that thy seed shall be a stranger in a land that is not theirs. Gen. xv. 13. For the more surety they looked round about. Sir P. Sidney.
2. That which makes sure; that which confirms; ground of confidence or security. [We] our happy state Hold, as you yours, while our obedience holds; On other surety none. Milton.
3. Security against loss or damage; security for payment, or for the performance of some act. There remains unpaid A hundred thousand more; in surety of the which One part of Aquitaine is bound to us. Shak.
4. (Law)
Definition: One who is bound with and for another who is primarily liable, and who is called the principal; one who engages to answer for another's appearance in court, or for his payment of a debt, or for performance of some act; a bondsman; a bail. He that is surety for a stranger shall smart for it. Prov. xi. 15.
5. Hence, a substitute; a hostage. Cowper.
6. Evidence; confirmation; warrant. [Obs.] She called the saints to surety, That she would never put it from her finger, Unless she gave it to yourself. Shak.
Sure"ty, v. t.
Definition: To act as surety for. [Obs.] Shak.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
23 December 2024
(noun) Australian tree having hard white timber and glossy green leaves with white flowers followed by one-seeded glossy blue fruit
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.