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{
"term": "commodity",
"partOfSpeech": "noun",
"academic": true,
"ox5000": true,
"cefr": "c1",
"definitions": [
{
"senseNumber": 1,
"definition": "a product or a raw material that can be bought and sold",
"labels": "(economics)",
"cefr": "c1",
"examples": [
{
"text": "rice, flour and other basic commodities"
},
{
"text": "a drop in commodity prices"
},
{
"text": "Crude oil is the world's most important commodity."
},
{
"text": "basic agricultural commodities"
}
],
"topics": ["Business", "Money"],
"collocations": {
"adjective": ["basic", "important", "primary"],
"verb + commodity": ["produce"],
"commodity + noun": ["market", "exchange", "futures"],
"phrases": ["trade in commodities"]
}
},
{
"senseNumber": 2,
"definition": "a thing that is useful or has a useful quality",
"labels": "(formal)",
"cefr": "c1",
"examples": [
{
"text": "Water is a precious commodity that is often taken for granted in the West."
},
{
"text": "Time is a very valuable commodity."
}
],
"collocations": {
"adjective": ["hot", "precious", "valuable"]
}
}
],
"pronunciations": {
"uk": [
{
"pronunciation": "/kəˈmɒdəti/",
"audio": "co/commodity/commodity__gb_3.mp3"
}
],
"us": [
{
"pronunciation": "/kəˈmɑːdəti/",
"audio": "co/commodity/commodity__us_1.mp3"
}
]
},
"wordOrigin": "late Middle English: from Old French commodite or Latin commoditas, from commodus ‘convenient’."
}