Commodity

What “Commodity” means

Noun

1. Anything movable (a good) that is bought and sold.
2. Something useful or valuable.
3. Raw materials, agricultural and other primary products as objects of large-scale trading in specialized exchanges.
4. Undifferentiated goods characterized by a low profit margin and (usually) fungibility, as distinguished from branded products not wholly fungible.
5. Anything which has both a use value and an exchange value.

Where the word comes from

Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *ḱe? Proto-Indo-European *ḱóm Proto-Italic *kom Proto-Italic *kom- Latin com- Proto-Indo-European *med- Proto-Indo-European *-os Proto-Italic *medos Latin modus Latin commodus Proto-Indo-European *-teh₂ Proto-Indo-European *-ts Proto-Indo-European *-teh₂ts Proto-Italic *-tāts Latin -tās Latin commoditāsder. Anglo-Norman commoditeebor. Middle English commoditee English commodity Inherited from Middle English commoditee, borrowed from Anglo-Norman commoditee, from Latin commoditās.

Business name ideas with “Commodity”

Industries where “Commodity” fits

We suggest this word for 3 business types and industries, including:

• Commodity Contracts Brokerage
• Commodity Contracts Dealing
• Securities and Commodity Exchanges