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Commodities

/kəˈmɒdətiz/

Anything movable (a good) that is bought and sold.

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📖 Definitions of "Commodities"

noun

1
Anything movable (a good) that is bought and sold.
2
Something useful or valuable.
3
Raw materials, agricultural and other primary products as objects of large-scale trading in specialized exchanges.
"The price of crude oil is determined in continuous trading between professional players in World's many commodities exchanges."
4
Undifferentiated goods characterized by a low profit margin, as distinguished from branded products.
"Although they were once in the forefront of consumer electronics, the calculators have become a mere commodity."

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amenitiesnoun	The quality of being pleasant or agreeable, whether in respect to situation, climate, manners, disposition etc.
articlesnoun	(law) the period during which a person works as an articled clerk; articling
assetsnoun	(finance) Any property or object of value that one possesses, usually considered as applicable to the payment of one's debts.
belongingsnoun	something owned; any tangible or intangible possession that is owned by someone;
cargonoun	Freight carried by a ship, aircraft, or motor vehicle.
cargoesnoun	Freight carried by a ship, aircraft, or motor vehicle.
chemicalsnoun	The chemical industry.
contentsnoun	(usually in the plural) That which is contained.
conveniencesnoun	things that make you comfortable and at ease
cropsnoun	(agriculture) A plant, grown for it, or its fruits or seeds, to be harvested as food, livestock fodder, or fuel or for any other economic purpose.
cultures	Cultures: Discovery of Vinland is a 2000 real-time strategy and city-building game developed by Funatics Software and published by Phenomedia.
deliverablesnoun	(business, management) The tangible end product; that which will be delivered.
essentialsnoun	(by extension) The information required to have a basic understanding of a topic.
exportsnoun	(uncountable) The act of exporting.
feedstocksnoun	Any bulk raw material constituting the principal input for an industrial process.
foods	a peer-reviewed scientific journal covering various aspects of food science.
foodstuffsnoun	A material that may be used as food or as an ingredient of food.
freightnoun	(uncountable) The transportation of goods (originally by water; now also (chiefly US) by land); also, the hiring of a vehicle or vessel for such transportation.
futuresnoun	Ellipsis of futures contract. [(finance) A standardized contract, traded on a futures exchange, to buy or sell a standardized quantity of a specified commodity (or financial instrument) of standardized quality at a certain date in the future, at a stated price (the futures price).]
gendersnoun	A surname from Old French.