Commodity

2 definitions found

From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [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.]
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              Drawn by the commodity of a footpath. --B. Jonson.
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              Men may seek their own commodity, yet if this were
              done with injury to others, it was not to be
              suffered.                             --Hooker.
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     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.
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     3. A parcel or quantity of goods. [Obs.]
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              A commodity of brown paper and old ginger. --Shak.
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From WordNet (r) 2.0 [wn]:

  commodity
       n : articles of commerce [syn: {trade goods}, {goods}]