Term: commodity
commodity (noun) /kəˈmɒd.ə.ti/
Similar to: product; goods; asset; raw material; staple
Definition: A raw material or primary agricultural product that can be bought and sold. In a wider sense, it is something useful or valuable.
Translation: prece, izejviela, pirmās nepieciešamības prece
Merriam-Webster Online Dictionary
commodity (noun)1.
an economic good as
a) a product of agriculture or mining
b) an article of especially when delivered for shipment - commerce commodities futures
c) a mass-produced unspecialized product - commodity chemicals commodity memory chips
2.
a) something useful or valued - that valuable commodity patience , also - thing entity
b) - convenience advantage
3.
obsolete - quantity lot
4.
a good or service whose wide availability typically leads to smaller profit margins and diminishes the importance of factors (as brand name) other than price
5.
one that is subject to ready exchange or exploitation within a market - stars as individuals and as commodities of the film industry Film Quarterly
Merriam-Webster Online Thesaurus
commodity (noun)1.
one that has a real and independent existence
SYNONYMS:
being, commodity, existent, individual, individuality, integer, object, reality, something, substance, thingRELATED WORDS:
body, subject; material, matter, quantity, stuffNEAR ANTONYMS:
nonentityproducts that are bought and sold in business
SYNONYMS:
commodities, goods, waresRELATED WORDS:
line; export, import; inventory, staples, stock, stuff, supply; job lot; domestics, durables ( durable goods), hard goods