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English Dictionary - With Multi-Lingual Search Definitions commodity noun (commodit, ies) Anything movable that is bought and sold. 1995, James G. Carrier, Gifts and Commodities: Exchange and Western Capitalism Since 1700, p.122http://books.google.com/books?id=7BwbwuPyLccC&pg=PA122&dq=commodities+shopping&sig=dozEQAUipFYsEyUTkKpSqKbSCqk :If a key part of shopping is the conversion of anonymous commodities into possessions, shopping is a cultural as much as an economic activity. 2001, Rachel Pain, Introducing Social Geographies, p. 26 http://books.google.com/books?id=FVb2cfVpST8C&pg=PA26&dq=commodities+shopping&sig=OhV4OSNFSU9DE2-UdUBQsFosh5Y : In human geography "commodities" usually refers to goods and services which are bought and sold. The simplest commodities are those produced by the production system just before they are sold. 2005, William Leiss, Botterill, Jacki, Social Communication in Advertising: Consumption in the Mediated Marketplace, p.307 http://books.google.com/books?id=R_ELAoKRDb4C&pg=PA307&dq=commodities+shopping&sig=AyH9Brabe3RC16bitD6AOsfSfPw : Referring to the work of Bourdieu, Zukin (2004,38) notes that shopping is much more than the purchase of commodities (rfv-sense) Anything useful in daily life. Undifferentiated goods of low value. Etymology: commoditee < commoditee, from commoditat, commoditas.      Full Definition of commodity  Find:   Words Starting With:   Words Ending With:   Words Containing:   Words That Match:    Translate Into:    Dutch   French   German    Italian   Spanish     Show 51015202550 results per page. Enter your search terms Submit search form   Web www.allwords.com Browse the Dictionary A B C D E F G H I J K L M N O P Q R S T U V W X Y Z

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