commodity

== English == === Alternative forms === commoditie (archaic) === Etymology === Inherited from Middle English commoditee, borrowed from Anglo-Norman commoditee, from Latin commoditās. === Pronunciation === (General American) IPA(key): /kəˈmɑdəti/ (Received Pronunciation) IPA(key): /kəˈmɒdəti/ (Scotland) IPA(key): /kəˈmɔdɪte/, /-tɪ/, /-ti/ Rhymes: -ɒdɪti === Noun === commodity (countable and uncountable, plural commodities) (business) Anything movable (a good) that is bought and sold. [from 15th c.] Something useful or valuable. [from 15th c.] (economics) Raw materials, agricultural and other primary products as objects of large-scale trading in specialized exchanges. (marketing) Undifferentiated goods characterized by a low profit margin and (usually) fungibility, as distinguished from branded products not wholly fungible. (Marxism) Anything which has both a use value and an exchange value. (obsolete) Convenience; usefulness, suitability. [15th–19th c.] (obsolete) Self-interest; personal convenience or advantage. [16th–19th c.] ==== Derived terms ==== ==== Related terms ==== ==== Descendants ==== ==== Translations ==== == Portuguese == === Alternative forms === comódite === Etymology === Unadapted borrowing from English commodity. === Pronunciation === === Noun === commodity f (plural commodities or commoditys) commodity === Further reading === “commodity”, in Dicionário Aulete Digital (in Portuguese), Rio de Janeiro: Lexikon Editora Digital, 2008–2026 “commodity”, in Dicionário Priberam da Língua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), Lisbon: Priberam, 2008–2026 == Spanish == === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /koˈmoditi/ [koˈmo.ð̞i.t̪i] Rhymes: -oditi IPA(key): /kommodiˈti/ [kõm.mo.ð̞iˈt̪i] Rhymes: -i Syllabification: com‧mo‧di‧ty === Noun === commodity m (plural commoditys) commodity Synonyms: producto básico, mercancía de consumo, bien homogéneo === Further reading === “commodity”, in Diccionario panhispánico de dudas [Panhispanic Dictionary of Uncertainties] (in Spanish), 2nd edition, Royal Spanish Academy; Association of Academies of the Spanish Language, 2023, →ISBN «commodities», en español «materias primas» o «productos básicos» | FundéuRAE ¿Bienes, productos, materias primas o commodities? - Antenas Neológicas - Red de neología del español (UPF)