Definitions for: Commodity

[n] articles of commerce

Webster (1913) Definition: Com*mod"i*ty, n.; pl. Commodities. [F.
commodit['e], fr. L. commoditas. See Commode.]
1. Convenience; accommodation; profit; benefit; advantage;
interest; commodiousness. [Obs.]

Drawn by the commodity of a footpath. --B. Jonson.

Men may seek their own commodity, yet if this were
done with injury to others, it was not to be
suffered. --Hooker.

2. That which affords convenience, advantage, or profit,
especially in commerce, including everything movable that
is bought and sold (except animals), -- goods, wares,
merchandise, produce of land and manufactures, etc.

3. A parcel or quantity of goods. [Obs.]

A commodity of brown paper and old ginger. --Shak.

Synonyms: goods, trade goods

See Also: artefact, artifact, basic, consumer goods, drygoods, entrant, export, exportation, fancy goods, fungible, future, import, importation, merchandise, middling, product, salvage, soft goods, staple, wares

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