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commodity
[ kuh-mod-i-tee ]
noun
- an article of trade or commerce, especially a product as distinguished from a service.
- something of use, advantage, or value.
- Stock Exchange. any unprocessed or partially processed good, as grain, fruits, and vegetables, or precious metals.
- Obsolete. a quantity of goods.
commodity
/ kəˈmɒdɪtɪ /
noun
- an article of commerce
- something of use, advantage, or profit
- economics an exchangeable unit of economic wealth, esp a primary product or raw material
- obsolete.
- a quantity of goods
- convenience or expediency
commodity
- Any product manufactured or grown.
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Other Words From
- noncom·modi·ty adjective noun plural noncommodities
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Word History and Origins
Origin of commodity1
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Origin of commodity1
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Example Sentences
If we begin to see the other as our possession and commodity, our shoe, the shadow of our shadow, is there ever a happy outcome?
If they run off with somebody else, we say they were stolen—as if they are an object or a commodity.
Taylor knows not only the value of her commodity, but also how to control it.
Access has become a master commodity, an experience that can be granted or charged for but never owned.
It is not a scarce commodity to be meted out begrudgingly or in short portions.
Of late she hasn't had very much of the latter commodity, and she was quite bowled over.
Formerly, when a commodity was adulterated, it could be returned, and the courts became sorely troubled to defend an adulteration.
He wished to procure a barrel of salt, as the supply of that commodity was exhausted in his part of the country.
When there are milles & other deuises for the purpose, a commodity of them may be raised because there are infinite store.
These Bostonians in their crisis bought every available commodity from Plymouth, and for cattle they exchanged horses.
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