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coffee
coffee
English
Etymology
From Italian caffè, from Turkish kahve, from Arabic قهوة (qahwa, “coffee”). Some Ethiopians claim a derivation from Kaffa, an ancient province of Ethiopia where coffee is said to have originated, but this etymology is highly improbable as it fails to explain the initial shift to the Arabic ‘qahwa’. At the same time, qahwa refers only to coffee in liquid form. When it is dry, either as beans or ground, Arabs call coffee بن (bunn). That word comes from ቡና (buna), the Amharic word for coffee.
Many sources state that the Arabic term meant ‘a brew’, especially wine.
Noun
coffee (countable and uncountable; plural coffees)
1. A beverage made by infusing the beans of the coffee plant in hot water.
¶ The Turks have a drink called coffa (for they use no wine), so named of a berry as black as soot, and as bitter [...], which they sip still of, and sup as warm as they can suffer [...]. [1621, Robert Burton, The Anatomy of Melancholy, II.5.1.v:]
¶ As I sip a coffee at Brasserie Balzar, two well-known intellectuals, one publisher and a Sorbonne professor were discussing Sarkozy's future: "He won't finish his mandate" says one. [2008, Agnes Poirier, The Guardian, 12 Apr 2008:]
¶ Coffee is a beverage that puts one to sleep when not drank. [Alphonse Allais]
2. The seeds of the plant used to make coffee, misnamed ‘beans’ due to their shape.
3. A tropical plant of the genus Coffea.
4. A pale brown colour.
5. The end of the meal—where coffee is usually served.
¶ He did not stay for coffee.
http://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/coffee
English
Etymology
From Italian caffè, from Turkish kahve, from Arabic قهوة (qahwa, “coffee”). Some Ethiopians claim a derivation from Kaffa, an ancient province of Ethiopia where coffee is said to have originated, but this etymology is highly improbable as it fails to explain the initial shift to the Arabic ‘qahwa’. At the same time, qahwa refers only to coffee in liquid form. When it is dry, either as beans or ground, Arabs call coffee بن (bunn). That word comes from ቡና (buna), the Amharic word for coffee.
Many sources state that the Arabic term meant ‘a brew’, especially wine.
Noun
coffee (countable and uncountable; plural coffees)
1. A beverage made by infusing the beans of the coffee plant in hot water.
¶ The Turks have a drink called coffa (for they use no wine), so named of a berry as black as soot, and as bitter [...], which they sip still of, and sup as warm as they can suffer [...]. [1621, Robert Burton, The Anatomy of Melancholy, II.5.1.v:]
¶ As I sip a coffee at Brasserie Balzar, two well-known intellectuals, one publisher and a Sorbonne professor were discussing Sarkozy's future: "He won't finish his mandate" says one. [2008, Agnes Poirier, The Guardian, 12 Apr 2008:]
¶ Coffee is a beverage that puts one to sleep when not drank. [Alphonse Allais]
2. The seeds of the plant used to make coffee, misnamed ‘beans’ due to their shape.
3. A tropical plant of the genus Coffea.
4. A pale brown colour.
5. The end of the meal—where coffee is usually served.
¶ He did not stay for coffee.
http://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/coffee
coterie
coterie [koʊtəri]
NOUN
[NOUN] [FORMAL] A coterie of a particular kind is a small group of people who are close friends or have a common interest, and who do not want other people to join them.
The songs he recorded were written by a small coterie of dedicated writers.
= circle, set
NOUN
[NOUN] [FORMAL] A coterie of a particular kind is a small group of people who are close friends or have a common interest, and who do not want other people to join them.
The songs he recorded were written by a small coterie of dedicated writers.
= circle, set
contender
contender[kəntendər]
[NOUN] [JOURNALISM] A contender is someone who takes part in a competition.
[NOUN] [JOURNALISM] A contender is someone who takes part in a competition.
contagion
contagion [kənteɪdʒən]
[NOUN] Contagion is the spreading of a particular disease by someone touching another person who is already affected by the disease.
¶ They have been reluctant to admit AIDS patients, in part because of unfounded fears of contagion
¶ “Greece could have a contagion effect,” ECB Vice President Vitor Constancio said at a briefing in Frankfurt today, when presenting the bank’s semi-annual Financial Stability Review.
[NOUN] Contagion is the spreading of a particular disease by someone touching another person who is already affected by the disease.
¶ They have been reluctant to admit AIDS patients, in part because of unfounded fears of contagion
¶ “Greece could have a contagion effect,” ECB Vice President Vitor Constancio said at a briefing in Frankfurt today, when presenting the bank’s semi-annual Financial Stability Review.
collateralized loan obligation
collateralized loan obligation
[NOUN] abbr CLO (finance) a form of securitization where payments from multiple middle sized and large business loans are pooled together and passed on to different classes of owners in various tranches
[NOUN] abbr CLO (finance) a form of securitization where payments from multiple middle sized and large business loans are pooled together and passed on to different classes of owners in various tranches
collateralized debt obligation
collateralized debt obligation
[NOUN] abbr CDO a debt security collateralized by a number of debt obligations including loans and bonds of different credit quality and maturity.
When they can't sell collateralized debt obligations, they have to sell something else, thus the domino effect.
[NOUN] abbr CDO a debt security collateralized by a number of debt obligations including loans and bonds of different credit quality and maturity.
When they can't sell collateralized debt obligations, they have to sell something else, thus the domino effect.
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