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Synonyms for commodity


Grammar : Noun
Spell : kuh-mod-i-tee
Phonetic Transcription : kəˈmɒd ɪ ti

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Définition of commodity

Origin :
  • early 15c., "benefit, profit, welfare;" later "a convenient or useful product," from Middle French commodité "benefit, profit," from Latin commoditatem (nominative commoditas) "fitness, adaptation, convenience, advantage," from commodus "suitable, convenient" (see commode). General sense "property possession" is from c.1500.
  • noun merchandise, possession
Example sentences :
  • He had also a trick to mingle his commodity, that that which was bad might go off with the least mistrust.
  • Extract from : « Bunyan » by James Anthony Froude
  • He gets rest, commodity, and reputation; but he shuts the door of truth.
  • Extract from : « Essays, First Series » by Ralph Waldo Emerson
  • Here at Athens there is a dearth of the commodity, and all wisdom seems to have emigrated from us to you.
  • Extract from : « Meno » by Plato
  • A cent is the representative of a certain quantity of corn or other commodity.
  • Extract from : « Essays, Second Series » by Ralph Waldo Emerson
  • Thus the use of commodity, regarded by itself, is mean and squalid.
  • Extract from : « Nature » by Ralph Waldo Emerson
  • Does not the term apply to all who can make any sort of useful product or commodity?
  • Extract from : « The Memorabilia » by Xenophon
  • Similarly with raw copper or raw gold or any other commodity.
  • Extract from : « Elements of Foreign Exchange » by Franklin Escher
  • A commodity must therefore possess two fundamental qualities.
  • Extract from : « Socialism » by John Spargo
  • He sells the utility of that commodity to the capitalist for its exchange-value, or market price.
  • Extract from : « Socialism » by John Spargo
  • In addition to use-value, then, a commodity must possess exchange-value.
  • Extract from : « Socialism » by John Spargo
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