noun · 8 senses · updated from the 2026-07-25 local source snapshot
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General-American:/kəˈmɑdəti/
Received-Pronunciation:/kəˈmɒdəti/
Southern-England:Recorded audio is listed in the source snapshot.
Scotland:/kəˈmɔdɪte/
Scotland:/-tɪ/
Scotland:/-ti/
rhymes with -ɒdɪti
CMU ARPABET:K AH0 M AA1 D AH0 T IY0
Digits mark lexical stress: 1 primary, 2 secondary, 0 unstressed.
1
noun
Meaning 1
Anything movable (a good) that is bought and sold.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: countable, uncountable
Topics: business
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2
noun
Meaning 2
Something useful or valuable.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: countable, uncountable
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3
noun
Meaning 3
Raw materials, agricultural and other primary products as objects of large-scale trading in specialized exchanges.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: countable, uncountable
Topics: economics, sciences
Examples
The price of crude oil is determined in continuous trading between professional players in World's many commodities exchanges.
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4
noun
Meaning 4
Undifferentiated goods characterized by a low profit margin and (usually) fungibility, as distinguished from branded products not wholly fungible.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: countable, uncountable
Topics: business, marketing
Examples
Although they were once in the forefront of consumer electronics, the calculators have become a mere commodity.
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5
noun
Meaning 5
Anything which has both a use value and an exchange value.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: Marxism, countable, uncountable
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6
noun
Meaning 6
Convenience; usefulness, suitability.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: countable, obsolete, uncountable
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7
noun
Meaning 7
Self-interest; personal convenience or advantage.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: countable, obsolete, uncountable
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8
noun
Meaning 8
articles of commerce
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
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Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *ḱe? Proto-Indo-European *ḱóm Proto-Italic *kom Proto-Italic *kom- Latin com- Proto-Indo-European *med- Proto-Indo-European *-os Proto-Italic *medos Latin modus Latin commodus Proto-Indo-European *-teh2 Proto-Indo-European *-ts Proto-Indo-European *-teh2ts Proto-Italic *-tāts Latin -tās Latin commoditāsder. Anglo-Norman commoditeebor. Middle English commoditee English commodity Inherited from Middle English commoditee, borrowed from Anglo-Norman commoditee, from Latin commoditās.
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