COMMODITY

Pronunciation (US): (GB):

Meaning:

Articles of commerce

Synonyms:

commodity; good; trade good

Classified under:

Nouns denoting man-made objects

Hypernyms ("commodity" is a kind of...):

artefact; artifact (a man-made object taken as a whole)

Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "commodity"):

basic; staple ((usually in the plural) a necessary commodity for which demand is constant)

consumer goods (goods (as food or clothing) intended for direct use or consumption)

drygoods; soft goods (textiles or clothing and related merchandise)

entrant (a commodity that enters competition with established merchandise)

export; exportation (commodities (goods or services) sold to a foreign country)

fancy goods (goods that are chiefly ornamental)

fungible (a commodity that is freely interchangeable with another in satisfying an obligation)

future (bulk commodities bought or sold at an agreed price for delivery at a specified future date)

import; importation (commodities (goods or services) bought from a foreign country)

merchandise; product; ware (commodities offered for sale)

middling (any commodity of intermediate quality or size (especially when coarse particles of ground wheat are mixed with bran))

shopping (the commodities purchased from stores)

sporting goods (sports equipment sold as a commodity)

worldly good; worldly possession (a commodity or good associated with the earthly, rather than the spiritual, existence of human beings)

salvage (property or goods saved from damage or destruction)