commodity

• POS: Noun
• HYPHEN: com=mod=i=ty

CIDE DICTIONARY

commodity, n. [F. commodité, fr. L. commoditas. See Commode.].

•  Convenience; accommodation; profit; benefit; advantage; interest; commodiousness.  [1913 Webster]

  "Drawn by the commodity of a footpath."  [1913 Webster]

  "Men may seek their own commodity, yet if this were done with injury to others, it was not to be suffered."  [1913 Webster]
•  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]
•  A parcel or quantity of goods.  [1913 Webster]

  "A commodity of brown paper and old ginger."  [1913 Webster]

OXFORD DICTIONARY

commodity, n. (pl. -ies)
1 Commerce an article or raw material that can be bought and sold, esp. a product as opposed to a service.
2 a useful thing.

Etymology

ME f. OF commodit{eacute} or f. L commoditas (as COMMODE)

ROGET THESAURUS

commodity

Merchandise

N merchandise, ware, commodity, effects, goods, article, stock, product, produce, staple commodity, stock in trade, cargo.