Definitions
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 4th 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.
from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License
- n. Raw materials, agricultural and other primary products as objects of large-scale trading in specialized exchanges.
- n. Undifferentiated goods characterized by a low profit margin, as distinguished from branded products.
- n. Anything which has both a use-value and an exchange-value.
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English
- n. 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. A parcel or quantity of goods.
from The 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.
from WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
- n. articles of commerce
Etymologies
Examples
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MRRLEST8 www. mrrlest8.com While some world stock and commodity markets show signs of calming down, jitters remain despite -- or perhaps because o ... davianletter Oh man, there just might be a few #commodity markets that keep me up this morning.
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Lurking within the physical form of a commodity is a value form; that is, it is an expression of value.
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As I see it, Smith earlier declared that the value of a commodity is the amount of labor necessary TO PRODUCE it.
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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
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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
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I explained to him my theory of market peaks — that the moment I buy a stock or a commodity is the moment it peaks.
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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.
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Luckily for our government and military, however, while this commodity is available in copious quantities, the MSM seems to be totally blind to it.
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The word commodity is a term with distinct meanings in business and in Marxian political economy.
Think Progress » Contrary To Administration Predictions, Iraq War Contributing To High Oil Prices
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But we don't believe that, excuse me, just looking at the short term commodity prices and/or U.S. net farm income as the best indicator.
dbekeny commented on the word commodity
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!
June 10, 2010