Commodity - English meaning

noun

An object made by a human being, typically one of cultural or historical interest.

Usage examples:

Gold and silver artefacts

noun

An object that has been made by a person, such as a tool or a decoration, especially one that is of historical interest

Usage examples:

The museum's collection includes artefacts dating back to prehistoric times., the house displays a …

noun

A particular item or object.

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Small household articles

verb

A piece of writing included with others in a newspaper, magazine, or other publication.

Usage examples:

An article about middle-aged executives

noun

A piece of writing on a particular subject in a newspaper or magazine

Usage examples:

An article on chinese art, the police want a description of each missing article.

verb

Send (goods or services) to another country for sale.

Usage examples:

Nearly all the bananas produced were exported to britain

noun

A product or service sold abroad.

Usage examples:

Wool and mohair were the principal exports

verb

To send goods to another country for sale or use

Usage examples:

[ t ] chile exports a large amount of copper to japan., japan is a major exporter of cars., [ c ] c…

verb

Bring (goods or services) into a country from abroad for sale.

Usage examples:

Supermarkets may no longer import cheap jeans from bulgaria

noun

A commodity, article, or service brought in from abroad for sale.

Usage examples:

Cheap imports from eastern europe

verb

To bring in products, goods, etc. from another country for sale or use

Usage examples:

We import a large number of cars from japan., he opposed efforts to allow the importation of prescr…

noun

An individual article or unit, especially one that is part of a list, collection, or set.

Usage examples:

The items on the agenda

adverb

Used to introduce each item in a list.

Usage examples:

Item two statute books … item two drums

noun

One thing that is a part of a list or a collection of things

Usage examples:

There were several more items on the agenda., a news item in this morning’s newspaper, basic food i…

noun

The matter from which a thing is or can be made.

Usage examples:

Goats can eat more or less any plant material

adjective

Denoting or consisting of physical objects rather than the mind or spirit.

Usage examples:

The material world

noun

A type of physical thing, such as wood, stone, or plastic, having qualities that allow it to be used to make other things

Usage examples:

A hard/soft material, the sculpture was made of various materials, including steel, copper wire, an…

noun

A material thing that can be seen and touched.

Usage examples:

He was dragging a large object

verb

Say something to express one's opposition to or disagreement with something.

Usage examples:

Residents object to the volume of traffic

noun

A thing that can be seen, held, or touched, usually not a living thing

Usage examples:

Distant objects look blurry to me., the object of the game of chess is to checkmate your opponent.,…

noun

An article or substance that is manufactured or refined for sale.

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Food products

noun

Something that is made to be sold, esp. something produced by an industrial process or something that is grown or raised through farming

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Industrial products, a new product can require two years to develop., she’s a product of the city’s…

noun

Something that is manufactured or grown to be sold, usually in large quantities

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Sell/launch/withdraw a product the manufacturers had to withdraw the product because of a design fa…

noun

An object that one need not, cannot, or does not wish to give a specific name to.

Usage examples:

Look at that metal rail thing over there

A separate and self-contained entity

noun

A device, product, or part of nature that is not named

Usage examples:

There’s a new thing that seals plastic bags., there are some nice things in the stores on sale righ…