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单词 commodity
释义 com·mod·i·ty
I. \kəˈmädəd.ē, -ətē, -i, rap. -ädtē or -i\ noun
(-es)
Etymology: Middle English commoditee, from Middle French commodité, from Latin commoditat-, commoditas fitness, convenience, pleasantness, from commodus + -itat-, -itas -ity
1.
 a. archaic : convenience, usefulness
 b. archaic : profit, advantage, expediency
  < a good wit will make use of anything. I will turn diseases to commodity — Shakespeare >
 c. : something used or valued especially when regarded as an article of commerce
  < transformed from a rather fragile comedy into a durable commodity — John McCarten >
  < plenty of that commodity known as “temperament” — H.C.Schonberg >
2.
 a. : an economic good; especially : a product of agriculture, mining, or sometimes manufacture as distinguished from services
  < commodities such as meat, fats, and sugar — American Annual >
  < commodity prices >
 b. : an article of commerce; especially : one delivered to a transportation company for shipment
3. obsolete : a parcel or quantity of goods : lot
 < I knew where a commodity of good names were to be bought — Shakespeare >
II. noun
1. : a mass-produced unspecialized product
 < commodity chemicals >
2. : one that is subject to ready exchange or exploitation within a market
 < stars as individuals and as commodities of the film industry — Film Quarterly >
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