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# commodity

«commodity» in Mova's school dictionary: **bought and sold, such as wheat, oil, coffee, gold or copper** — its meaning for a pupil, its sense in the lessons and examples.

### part of speech

noun (a commodity, commodities)

### meaning for a pupil

1) (money) A product or raw material that is bought and sold, such as wheat, oil, coffee, gold or copper. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/C/commodity/#m1)

2) Something useful or valuable that people want (time is a precious commodity). [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/C/commodity/#m2)

### sense in the lessons

In geography and economics lessons, countries trade commodities; prices of commodities like oil and wheat go up and down and affect what we pay in shops. In everyday talk people say things like «patience is a rare commodity». It tells the reader we are talking about goods for trade or something valuable. Phrases: «commodity prices», «a precious commodity».

### examples

- Coffee is one of the most traded commodities in the world. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/C/commodity/#x1)
- Oil is an important commodity. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/C/commodity/#x2)
- When commodity prices rise, food can cost more. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/C/commodity/#x3)
- Water is a precious commodity in the desert. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/C/commodity/#x4)
- Gold and silver are traded as commodities. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/C/commodity/#x5)
- In the busy morning, time is a rare commodity. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/C/commodity/#x6)

### note

Countable: a commodity, commodities (y changes to ies). Say «kuh-MOD-ih-tee». Not the same as «commode» (an old cabinet or a chair with a toilet pot).

### Trees and pragmatics

[Every meaning and example of «commodity» parsed by Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/C/commodity/), each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.