Meaning of COMMODITY
| Pronunciation: | | ku'mâditee
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| | Definition: | | [n] articles of commerce |
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| | Synonyms: | | goods, trade goods |
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| | See Also: | | artefact, artifact, basic, consumer goods, drygoods, entrant, export, exportation, fancy goods, fungible, future, import, importation, merchandise, middling, product, salvage, soft goods, staple, wares | |
| Webster's 1913 Dictionary |
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| | Definition: | | \Com*mod"i*ty\, n.; pl. {Commodities}. [F.
commodit['e], fr. L. commoditas. See {Commode}.]
1. Convenience; accommodation; profit; benefit; advantage;
interest; commodiousness. [Obs.]
Drawn by the commodity of a footpath. --B. Jonson.
Men may seek their own commodity, yet if this were
done with injury to others, it was not to be
suffered. --Hooker.
2. 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.
3. A parcel or quantity of goods. [Obs.]
A commodity of brown paper and old ginger. --Shak.
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