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单词 commodity
释义
commodity
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n

A commodity is any useful or valuable thing, especially something that is bought and sold. Grain, vegetables, and precious metals are commodities, but so are personal qualities that can be used to make money: Originality and imagination are rare commodities in the film business.
Farmers closely follow the commodities' markets, where the future value of the crops they grow are traded, and on any given day assigned a different value. Commodity descends from Middle English commodite "benefit, profit," from Old French, from Latin commoditās "fitness," from commodus "convenient, appropriate," from the prefix com- "with" plus modus "measure."
WORD FAMILY
commodity: commodities
USAGE EXAMPLES
“It reduced everything to the equality of objects. Everything became exchangeable because everything became a commodity.”
New York Times(Jan 02, 2017)
Global commodities producers are hoping that China will order big lumps of iron, coal and copper in the new year to send prices higher.
Wall Street Journal(Jan 02, 2017)
Trading in several commodities, including crude oil, was closed on Monday.
Seattle Times(Jan 02, 2017)
n articles of commerce
Syn|Hypo|Hyper
good, trade good
basic, staple
(usually plural) a necessary commodity for which demand is constant
consumer goods
goods (as food or clothing) intended for direct use or consumption
drygoods, soft goods
textiles or clothing and related merchandise
entrant
a commodity that enters competition with established merchandise
export, exportation
commodities (goods or services) sold to a foreign country
fancy goods
goods that are chiefly ornamental
fungible
a commodity that is freely interchangeable with another in satisfying an obligation
future
bulk commodities bought or sold at an agreed price for delivery at a specified future date
import, importation
commodities (goods or services) bought from a foreign country
merchandise, product, ware
commodities offered for sale
middling
any commodity of intermediate quality or size (especially when coarse particles of ground wheat are mixed with bran)
shopping
the commodities purchased from stores
sporting goods
sports equipment sold as a commodity
worldly good, worldly possession
a commodity or good associated with the earthly, rather than the spiritual, existence of human beings
salvage
property or goods saved from damage or destruction
cargo, consignment, freight, lading, load, loading, payload, shipment
goods carried by a large vehicle
article of clothing, clothing, habiliment, vesture, wear, wearable
a covering designed to be worn on a person's body
contraband
goods whose importation or exportation or possession is prohibited by law
consumer durables, durable goods, durables
consumer goods that are not destroyed by use
fashion
consumer goods (especially clothing) in the current mode
feature
an article of merchandise that is displayed or advertised more than other articles
generic
any product that can be sold without a brand name
foodstuff, grocery
(usually plural) consumer goods sold by a grocer
haberdashery, men's furnishings
the drygoods sold by a haberdasher
ironmongery
the merchandise that is sold in an ironmonger's shop
irregular, second
merchandise that has imperfections; usually sold at a reduced price without the brand name
business line, line, line of business, line of merchandise, line of products, product line
a particular kind of product or merchandise
number
an item of merchandise offered for sale
oil future, petroleum future
petroleum bought or sold at an agreed price for delivery at a specified future date
refill
a commercial product that refills a container with its appropriate contents
release
merchandise issued for sale or public showing (especially a record or film)
dreck, schlock, shlock
merchandise that is shoddy or inferior
software package, software product
merchandise consisting of a computer program that is offered for sale
soybean future
soybeans bought or sold at an agreed price for delivery at a specified future date
inventory, stock
the merchandise that a shop has on hand
top of the line
the best (most expensive) in a given line of merchandise
wheat future
wheat bought or sold at an agreed price for delivery at a specified future date
household linen, white goods
drygoods for household use that are typically made of white cloth
piece goods, yard goods
merchandise in the form of fabrics sold by the yard
artefact, artifact
a man-made object taken as a whole
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