Definitions
American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, Fourth Edition
- n. Something useful that can be turned to commercial or other advantage: "Left-handed, power-hitting third basemen are a rare commodity in the big leagues” ( Steve Guiremand).
- n. An article of trade or commerce, especially an agricultural or mining product that can be processed and resold.
- n. Advantage; benefit.
- n. Obsolete A quantity of goods.
Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia
- n. Accommodation; convenience; suitableness; commodiousness.
- n. Profit; advantage; interest.
- n. That which is useful; anything that is useful, convenient, or serviceable; particularly, an article of merchandise; anything movable that is a subject of trade or of acquisition.
- n. Distribution of wares; parcel; supply.
- n. Synonyms Merchandise, Goods, etc.
- n. See property.
Wiktionary
- n. economics Raw materials, agricultural and other primary products as objects of large-scale trading in specialized exchanges.
- n. marketing Undifferentiated goods characterized by a low profit margin, as distinguished from branded products.
- n. Marxism Anything which has both a use-value and an exchange-value.
GNU Webster's 1913
- n. obsolete Convenience; accommodation; profit; benefit; advantage; interest; commodiousness.
- n. That which affords convenience, advantage, or profit, especially in commerce, including everything movable that is bought and sold (except animals), -- goods, wares, merchandise, produce of land and manufactures, etc.
- n. obsolete A parcel or quantity of goods.
WordNet 3.0
- n. articles of commerce
Etymologies
- Middle English commoditee, from Anglo-Norman commoditee, from Latin commoditat, commoditas. (Wiktionary)
- Middle English commodite, from Old French, convenience, from Latin commoditās, from commodus, convenient; see commodious. (American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, Fourth Edition)
Examples
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“Lurking within the physical form of a commodity is a value form; that is, it is an expression of value.”
“As I see it, Smith earlier declared that the value of a commodity is the amount of labor necessary TO PRODUCE it.”
“Duffy Pratt: Sorry, but a commodity is a fungible good — goods which come to market in such a way that they are not readily distinguishable one from theother.”
The Volokh Conspiracy » An Act for the Relief of Sick and Disabled Seamen
“Sorry, but a commodity is a fungible good — goods which come to market in such a way that they are not readily distinguishable one from the other.”
The Volokh Conspiracy » An Act for the Relief of Sick and Disabled Seamen
“I explained to him my theory of market peaks — that the moment I buy a stock or a commodity is the moment it peaks.”
“Then came Disney, and all at once Broadway was awash in what I call commodity musicals, “new” shows that ape their familiar sources as closely as possible in order to piggyback on their commercial success.”
“Luckily for our government and military, however, while this commodity is available in copious quantities, the MSM seems to be totally blind to it.”
“The word commodity is a term with distinct meanings in business and in Marxian political economy.”
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Tweets
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dbekeny WIZARD
Why, anybody can have a brain. That's a
very mediocre commodity. Every pusillanimous
creature that crawls on the earth -- or
slinks through slimy seas has a brain!
Jun 10, 2010