Commodity



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GRE 红宝书

• n. 商品
• ［英］ n. 商品 ( any article of commerce)
• ［类］ barter : commodities / correspond : letters ( 易货贸易是商品交换 / 通信是信件交换)
• ［记］ com+mod ( 样式) +ity -> 各种各样的东西 -> 商品

Webster Collegiate

noun (plural -ties)

• Etymology: Middle English commoditee, from Anglo-French commoditee, from Latin commoditat-, commoditas, from commodus
• Date: 15th century
• 1. an economic good: as
  • a. a product of agriculture or mining
  • b. an article of commerce especially when delivered for shipment <commodities futures
  • c. a mass-produced unspecialized product <commodity chemicals<commodity memory chips
• 2.
  • a. something useful or valued <that valuable commodity patience; also thing, entity
  • b. convenience, advantage
• 3. obsolete quantity, lot
• 4. a good or service whose wide availability typically leads to smaller profit margins and diminishes the importance of factors (as brand name) other than price
• 5. 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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