Commodity

Noun

 * 1) Articles of commerce
 * 2) Anything movable (a good) that is bought and sold.
 * 3) * In human geography "commodities" usually refers to goods and services which are bought and sold. The simplest commodities are those produced by the production system just before they are sold.
 * 4) Something useful or valuable.
 * 5)  Raw materials, agricultural and other primary products as objects of large-scale trading in specialized exchanges.
 * 6) * The price of crude oil is determined in continuous trading between professional players in World's many commodities exchanges.
 * 7)  Undifferentiated goods characterized by a low profit margin, as distinguished from branded products.
 * 8) * Although they were once in the forefront of consumer electronics, the calculators have become a mere commodity.
 * 9)  Anything which has both a use-value and an exchange-value.

Adjectives for Commodity
precious; agricultural; respected; unwanted; unctuous; valuable; premium; expensive; inexpensive; opposite; essential; leading; vital; global; industrial; prized; necessary; intellectual; financial; purchasable; economic; scarce; rare; finite; addictive; fungible; disposable; tradeable; most traded; value-added; imported; political; lucrative; name-brand; recognizable; journalistic; controlled; commercial.

Related Phrases
commodity price; commodity investment; commodity exchange; commodity producer; commodity pool; commodity exporting; commodity fund; commodity industry; commodity boom; commodity market; commodity fraud; commodity trader; commodity index; commodity speculation.

Etymology
commoditee < commoditee, from  commoditat, commoditas.

Translations

 * Finnish:
 * French: ,
 * Mongolian: бүтэгдэхүүн


 * Polish:
 * Russian: товар
 * Scottish Gaelic:
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 * French: bien de consommation courante

Alternative forms

 * commoditie (archaic)