英语词汇“commodity”的英英意思、用法、释义、翻译、读音、例句、短语、词组-英语词典

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

单词	commodity
释义	commodity (once / 350 pages) 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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