noun (plural commodities)
1 (economics) a product or a raw material that can be bought and sold, especially between countries:
rice, flour and other basic commodities * a drop in commodity prices * Crude oil is the world's most important commodity.
2 a thing that is useful or has a useful quality:
Water is a precious commodity that is often taken for granted in the West.
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