English > commodity: 1 sense > noun 1, artifact| Meaning | articles of commerce. |
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| Synonyms | trade good, good |
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| Narrower | basic, staple | (usually plural) a necessary commodity for which demand is constant |
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| 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, ware, product | commodities offered for sale |
| middling | Any commodity of intermediate quality or size (especially when coarse particles of ground wheat are mixed with bran) |
| salvage | Property or goods saved from damage or destruction |
| shopping | The commodities purchased from stores |
| sporting goods | sports equipment sold as a commodity |
| worldly possession, worldly good | A commodity or good associated with the earthly, rather than the spiritual, existence of human beings |
| Broader | artifact, artefact | A man-made object taken as a whole |
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| Spanish | artículo de consumo, artículo, bien comercial, bien, género, mercadería, mercancía, producto |
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| Catalan | article, gènere, mercaderia |
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