Brazil is the largest coffee producer in the world. Each year Brazil exports more than 44 million bags of coffee. Vietnam follows at exporting over 27 million bags each year.
UNDERPIN
underpin
(verb) support from beneath
corroborate, underpin, bear out, support
(verb) support with evidence or authority or make more certain or confirm; “The stories and claims were born out by the evidence”
Source: WordNet® 3.1
Etymology
Verb
underpin (third-person singular simple present underpins, present participle underpinning, simple past and past participle underpinned)
(transitive) To support from below with props or masonry.
(transitive, figuratively) To give support to; to corroborate.
Source: Wiktionary
Un`der*pin", v. t. [imp. & p. p. Underpinned; p. pr. & vb. n. Underpinning.]
1. To lay stones, masonry, etc., under, as the sills of a building, on which it is to rest.
2. To support by some solid foundation; to place something underneath for support.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
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