Results for commodity

Definitions of commodity:

part of speech: noun

A convenience, or that which affords it: an article of traffic.

part of speech: noun

Anything that is useful; any object of commerce; anything that can be bought or sold, animals excepted; goods; wares; merchandise.

part of speech: noun

That which is useful; an article of commerce.

Usage examples for commodity:

• But the staple commodity of the country is sugar. "A Narrative of the Expedition to Botany Bay", Watkin Tench

• The law of Supply and Demand operating, only the lucky stakers were able to pay the huge prices demanded for every single commodity "Colorado Jim", George Goodchild

• " Unfortunately, time is the commodity I'm richest in," smiled the young doctor, taking the seat beside the chauffeur. "Ethel Morton's Holidays", Mabell S. C. Smith

• Then, having confided to John Mortimer's wife that she could get up no enthusiasm for any of them, and thought there could be none of that commodity in her nature, she had at last consented, on great persuasion, to take the man who had loved her all her life, " because he wouldn't go away, and she didn't know what else to do with him; he was such a devoted little fellow, too, and she liked him so much better than either of his brothers!" "Fated to Be Free", Jean Ingelow