'Commodities' definitions:

Definition of 'Commodities'

From: GCIDE
  • Commodity \Com*mod"i*ty\, n.; pl. Commodities. [F. commodit['e], fr. L. commoditas. See Commode.]
  • 1. Convenience; accommodation; profit; benefit; advantage; interest; commodiousness. [Obs.] [1913 Webster]
  • Drawn by the commodity of a footpath. --B. Jonson. [1913 Webster]
  • Men may seek their own commodity, yet if this were done with injury to others, it was not to be suffered. --Hooker. [1913 Webster]
  • 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. [1913 Webster]
  • 3. A parcel or quantity of goods. [Obs.] [1913 Webster]
  • A commodity of brown paper and old ginger. --Shak. [1913 Webster]

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