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commodity

[ kuh-mod-i-tee ]

noun

, plural com·mod·i·ties.
  1. an article of trade or commerce, especially a product as distinguished from a service.
  2. something of use, advantage, or value.
  3. Stock Exchange. any unprocessed or partially processed good, as grain, fruits, and vegetables, or precious metals.
  4. Obsolete. a quantity of goods.


commodity

/ kəˈmɒdɪtɪ /

noun

  1. an article of commerce
  2. something of use, advantage, or profit
  3. economics an exchangeable unit of economic wealth, esp a primary product or raw material
  4. obsolete.
    1. a quantity of goods
    2. convenience or expediency


commodity

  1. Any product manufactured or grown.


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Other Words From

  • noncom·modi·ty adjective noun plural noncommodities

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Word History and Origins

Origin of commodity1

First recorded in 1375–1425; late Middle English commodite, from Anglo-French, from Latin commoditās “timeliness, convenience,” equivalent to commod(us) ( commode ) + -itās -ity

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Word History and Origins

Origin of commodity1

C14: from Old French commodité, from Latin commoditās suitability, benefit; see commodious

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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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