commodityn.
/kəˈmɒdᵻti/, U.S. /kəˈmɑdədi/ a. In plural. Income, revenue; spec. advantages or benefits derived from the possession or use of landed property. Also in figurative contexts. Obsolete.
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society > trade and finance > management of money > income, revenue, or profit > [noun] > income derived from land or property > types of
extent1303
commodities1396
freehold1433
candle-rent1611
farmage1611
localityc1701
1396 in W. Fraser Memorials Family Wemyss (1888) II. 23 Wyd al pertenans, commoditeis, fredomys and esementys.
1400 Inquisition Misc. (P.R.O.: C 145/276/14) Þe for seyd ȝeurl hadde in Cornwaylle þe castel of Trematoun wt alle þe comoditeys and the porthenaunce.
a1475 in A. Clark Eng. Reg. Godstow Nunnery (1906) ii. 401 (MED) All the stremys..pathis, commoditeis, and all other pertynentis longyng to the forsaid stremys of the fysshwere.
a1513 H. Bradshaw Lyfe St. Werburge (1521) i. xviii. sig. g.ii She..gaue the hole yle of Ely to that place With all commodytes profettes and yssues fre Frome all exaccyons.
1570 T. Tymme tr. A. Marlorat Catholike & Eccles. Expos. Mathewe viii. 171/2 Men publikely and priuately go aboute to measure the kingedome of God with theyr commodyties and proffytes.
c1626 H. Bisset Rolment Courtis (1920) I. 55 To inyoyse the commodities, and proffettis, of thair saidis landis.
b. Chiefly in plural. A thing which is beneficial to or advantageous for a person; a benefit; a convenience. Obsolete (archaic in later use).
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the world > action or operation > advantage > [noun] > an advantage, benefit, or favourable circumstance
advantagec1330
commodity?a1439
strengthc1440
paya1450
purchasec1450
prize1595
profita1616
usefulness1660
use value1844
a1439 J. Lydgate Fall of Princes (Bodl. 263) iii. l. 1248 (MED) Preferryng euer comoun commodites Tofor profites that wer synguler.
1526 W. Bonde Pylgrimage of Perfection ii. sig. Gi Other commoditees folowyng of the same.
1580 E. Grindal Let. in T. Fuller Church-hist. Brit. (1655) ix. 126 The reading of Homilies hath his commodities.
1612 R. Ch. (title) An olde thrift newly revived. Wherein is declared..the commodities and discommodities of inclosing decayed forrests.
1670 R. Baxter Cure Church-div. xxvi. 152 Hypocrites, who will do any thing in compliance with their own commodities.
1820 C. Lamb in London Mag. Oct. 365/2 The many commodities incidental to the life of a public office.
a. Advantage, benefit; interest. Also: private or selfish interest; self-interest. Obsolete.
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the world > action or operation > advantage > [noun] > relation in respect of > a person's
noteeOE
commodity1410
servicea1450
interess1452
commodomec1547
commodie1575
interest1579
particular1597
society > morality > moral evil > evil nature or character > lack of magnanimity or noble-mindedness > self-interest > [noun] > personal benefit or advantage
commodity1410
singularity1426
commodomec1547
particularityc1550
commodie1575
main chance1584
self-good1594
self-interest1595
job1680
1410 in Speculum (1939) 14 24 (MED) For the commoditee and comun profit..of the forsaid Royaumes ofe Englond and Scotland.
a1450 (?c1421) J. Lydgate Siege Thebes (Arun.) (1911) l. 3126 (MED) Grekes..of hegh and lowe degre, For high profit and gret commodite, Compas the Ryuere.
1531 J. Bellenden tr. H. Boece Chron. Scotl. (1938) I. i. v. 33 Throw quhilk, þai mycht haif incredibill commodite.
1550 H. Latimer Moste Faithfull Serm. before Kynges Maiestye sig. Cviiv He was a carnall ghospeller..to get somwhat by it and to serue his comoditye [1562 commodity].
1621 R. Burton Anat. Melancholy i. ii. iii. xv. 183 Commodity is the steer of all their actions.
1679 W. Penn Addr. Protestants ii. sig. X Those kind of men, do regard nothing but their own Commodity.
1749 Resol. & Queries City of Limerick 22 He shall diligently procure such things to be done, as may Honestly and Justly be to the Profit and Commodity of the Corporation of the City.
1794 Pleas of Crown II. sig. G4v To raise and enhance the prices thereof for their own private gain and commodity.
1836 R. W. Emerson Nature ii. 15 Under the general name of Commodity, I rank all those advantages which our senses owe to nature.
?1855 ‘Robin’ Rimes & Poems 134 Turning failure to commodity—The last shift of weak hearts.
b. Comfort or ease afforded to a person, the body, etc.; convenience. Obsolete (archaic in later use).
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the world > action or operation > advantage > convenience > [noun] > personal convenience
avenantc1400
easementc1400
commodity1493
convenientness1579
conveniencya1628
convenience1679
convenancy1769
1493 Chastysing Goddes Chyldern (de Worde) vii. sig. Biij/1 Suche men unresonably..encline soo to the rest & commodyte of the body.
1524 Ld. Dacre Let. in H. Ellis Orig. Lett. Eng. Hist. (1824) 1st Ser. I. 247 A surceace of warre..which is only for their and the Duks commoditie.
a1613 E. Brerewood Enq. Langs. & Relig. (1614) xiii. 116 Not to be taken as a rule of necessitie..but..rather..as a rule of commodity.
1637 R. Humfrey tr. St. Ambrose Christian Offices ii. iii. 6 (heading) Such as have placed beatitude in the sole knowledge of things, or in pleasure, or in the commodityof the body.
1762 tr. J. Davies Rep. Cases Law Ireland 155 The king permit[s] his people, for their ease and commodity, to have common passage over such navigable rivers.
1774 S. Johnson Diary Journey N. Wales 4 Aug. (1964) V. 442 Only one tower had a chimney, so that there was [no] commodity of living.
1868 R. Browning Ring & Bk. I. i. 36 The lawyers' pleadings..Doubled in two..For more commodity of carriage.
c. concrete. Material gain; profit. Also as a count noun. Obsolete. rare.
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society > trade and finance > management of money > income, revenue, or profit > profit > [noun]
earningeOE
issuea1325
lucrec1380
lucre of gainc1386
return1419
feracityc1420
revenue1427
vantagec1430
afframing1440
revenue1440
availc1449
proventc1451
provenuec1487
rent1513
fardel1523
chevisance1535
gains1546
commodity1577
proceed1578
increasal1601
benefit1606
endowment1615
gaininga1631
superlucration1683
profit1697
bunce1706
making1837
bunt1851
plunder1851
yield1877
recovery1931
earner1970
1577 E. Hellowes tr. A. de Guevara Chron. 91 If he displaced any person from his commoditie [Sp. cosa], he did not forget otherwise to recompence him.
1630 tr. G. Botero Relations Famous Kingdomes World (rev. ed.) ii. 236 These Indies..yeeld an exceeding commodity to this King.
d. Expediency. Obsolete.
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the world > action or operation > advantage > expediency > [noun]
policyc1440
policec1450
commodity1582
expediency1612
expedience1619
1582 R. Parsons First Bk. Christian Exercise i. i. x. 150 A consideration of commoditie, whereunto commonlie, eche man is prone by nature.
1614 T. Adams Diuells Banket ii. 83 They wil heare vs willingly, if our Text be Commodity, and our Sermon Policie.
a1616 W. Shakespeare King John (1623) ii. i. 574 Since Kings breake faith vpon commoditie, Gaine be my Lord, for I will worship thee. View more context for this quotation
3. † d. A prostitute. Obsolete.
a. A natural resource, material, etc., which is of use or value to humankind; a useful product. Frequently in plural.
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the world > action or operation > advantage > [noun] > an advantage, benefit, or favourable circumstance > a benefit > a beneficial thing
commodity?a1425
?a1425 Mandeville's Trav. (Egerton) (1889) 101 Þe land of Inde es þe maste plentifous land of folk þat es owerwhare, by cause of þe grete commoditez [Fr. bontee] þat it has þerin.
?a1475 (?a1425) tr. R. Higden Polychron. (Harl. 2261) (1865) I. 289 (MED) Flandres..is replete with mony commodites, as with pastures, bestes, marchandise, waters, hauenes.
1553 R. Eden in tr. S. Münster Treat. Newe India Ded. sig. aaiijv Euery part, region or commoditie of ye sayd new found landes.
1594 J. Norden Speculi Brit. Pars: Essex (1840) 8 Hopps, a commoditie of greate and continuall use.
1647 N. Bacon Hist. Disc. Govt. xlvii. 129 They now thinke a Bishopricke but a naked commodity.
1649 (title) A tragi-comedy, called New-Market-Fayre, or a parliament out-cry: of state-commodities, set to sale.
1774 T. West Antiq. Furness vi. 126 Sustentation and commodities for themselves and their children.
1820 W. Hazlitt Lect. Dramatic Lit. 177 Command over the gross commodities of life.
1894 Ice & Refrigeration Jan. 17/1 The results of these improvements..must have led..to the use of natural ice in brewing, wherever this natural commodity was available.
1927 C. L. Harrington in F. L. Holmes Wisconsin Blue Bk. 183 Wood is a commodity of the utmost convenience to humanity.
2006 Æ. Sigurjónsdóttir Art, Ethics & Environment i. 1 Humans need natural commodities—timber, water, soil, natural resources.
b. A thing produced for use or sale; a piece of merchandise; an article of commerce; in later use frequently spec. a raw material, primary product, or other basic good which is traded in bulk and the units of which are interchangeable for the purposes of trading.In contemporary use, non-tangible resources such as electricity or internet bandwidth, or services such as freight or insurance, are often classed (and traded) as commodities, especially when they are fungible or interchangeable. Cf. also commoditization n.In quot. 1429-30 in singular: goods. staple commodity: see staple adj. 1a.
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society > trade and finance > merchandise > [noun] > an article or kind of
gooda1300
assizec1300
merchandise?a1425
commodity1429
commodie1575
parcel1612
article1618
pitch1866
ware1881
society > trade and finance > merchandise > [noun] > food or raw material as object of trade
commodity1429
pork belly1961
1429–30 Rolls of Parl.: Henry VI (Electronic ed.) Parl. Sept. 1429 §63. m. 2 Wherfore like it þe kyng..þat þaire licences mowe be repelled, in hinderyng of his custumes..and abatyng þe price of commodite of his roiaume.
a1450 ( Libel Eng. Policy (Laud) in T. Wright Polit. Poems & Songs (1861) II. 160 Commodytes..commynge out of Spayne, And marchandy..Bene fygues, raysyns, wyne bastarde, and dates.
1487 Rolls of Parl.: Henry VII (Electronic ed.) Parl. Nov. 1487 §34. m. 12 Every merchaunt..shall employe the money receyved..uppon the commodytees of this londe.
1531 T. Elyot Bk. named Gouernour iii. xxix. sig. i.viiv Men..as euyll marchauntes do vtter firste the wares and commodities of straungers.
1588 in Acts Privy Council (1897) XVI. 84 The Merchauntes Adventurers..goe straglinge about all the countrey..raysinge the pryce of all kynd of commodytyes there.
a1616 W. Shakespeare Comedy of Errors (1623) iv. iii. 6 Some tender monie to me..Some offer me Commodities to buy. View more context for this quotation
1649 Bp. J. Hall Resol. & Decisions i. ii. 17 There is a due price to be set upon every saleable commodity.
a1701 H. Maundrell Journey Aleppo to Jerusalem (1703) 104 The Olives, and Olive stones, and Oyl which they produce, became an excellent commodity in Spain.
1756 T. Amory Life John Buncle I. 269 They..purchased such goods with the money they got by sale of several commodities; especially knit thread stockings and gloves.
1825 J. R. McCulloch Princ. Polit. Econ. iii. vi. 294 Money is itself a commodity, whose value depends on the same circumstances that determine the value of all other commodities.
1878 W. S. Jevons Polit. Econ. i. 16 A commodity is any portion of wealth—anything, therefore, which is useful, and transferable, and limited in supply.
1921 H. Hoover in E. M. House & C. Seymour What really happened at Paris xiv. 342 Each nation should contribute its share of shipping to be devoted to the movement of primary commodities such as food and coal.
1958 R. K. Narayan Guide i. 18 Bullock carts..arrived late in the evening from distant villages, loaded with coconut, rice and other commodities for the market.
2009 N.Y. Times (National ed.) 13 Aug. b2/1 Goldman Sachs led the industry with $13.8 billion of revenue from trading bonds, currencies and commodities.
c. figurative and in extended use: something likened to a commodity, esp. in being valuable, desirable, or useful.
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1582 R. Robinson tr. V. Strigel Pt. Harmony King Dauids Harp 53 And Iuuenal saith, But reuengement is a commoditie more sweete then life it selfe.
a1623 W. Pemble Vindiciæ Gratiæ (1627) 80 The maxime of Politicians, That the Opinion of Vertue is a Commoditie.
1659 O. Walker Περιαμμα Ἐπιδήμιον ii. §i. 18 The first Commodity a young Trades-man sets to sale is his own Honesty.
1769 ‘Junius’ Stat Nominis Umbra (1772) I. xii. 81 The favour of princes is a perishable commodity.
1839 Boston Q. Rev. Apr. 259 Poetry is a commodity in some demand amongst us.
1867 J. Kavanagh Sybil's Second Love I. xviii. 274 Sybil had a few partners, but Miss Cains had a superfluity of this precious commodity.
1902 Congregationalist & Christian World 28 June 914/2 Life depicts Minerva with her commodity—knowledge—as being snubbed by a matron who is busy rearing college men who care for money more than for knowledge.
1979 Maclean's (Toronto) 9 July 37/3 Microsurgeons must have a large supply of a nontechnical commodity—patience.
2005 M. Atwood Penelopiad vi. 36 My uncle would not have helped anyone—believe me—simply out of the goodness of his heart, a commodity that was in short supply.
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society > morality > moral evil > licentiousness > unchastity > prostitution > [noun] > a prostitute
meretrixOE
whoreOE
soiled dovea1250
common womanc1330
putec1384
bordel womanc1405
putaina1425
brothelc1450
harlot?a1475
public womanc1510
naughty pack?1529
draba1533
cat1535
strange woman1535
stew1552
causey-paikera1555
putanie?1566
drivelling1570
twigger1573
punka1575
hackney1579
customer1583
commodity1591
streetwalker1591
traffic1591
trug1591
hackster1592
polecat1593
stale1593
mermaid1595
medlar1597
occupant1598
Paphian1598
Winchester goose1598
pagan1600
hell-moth1602
aunt1604
moll1604
prostitution1605
community1606
miss1606
night-worm1606
bat1607
croshabell1607
prostitute1607
pug1607
venturer1607
nag1608
curtal1611
jumbler1611
land-frigate1611
walk-street1611
doll-common1612
turn-up1612
barber's chaira1616
commonera1616
public commonera1616
trader1615
venturea1616
stewpot1616
tweak1617
carry-knave1623
prostibule1623
fling-dusta1625
mar-taila1625
night-shadea1625
waistcoateera1625
night trader1630
coolera1632
meretrician1631
painted ladya1637
treadle1638
buttock1641
night-walker1648
mob?1650
lady (also girl, etc.) of the game1651
lady of pleasure1652
trugmullion1654
fallen woman1659
girlc1662
high-flyer1663
fireship1665
quaedama1670
small girl1671
visor-mask1672
vizard-mask1672
bulker1673
marmalade-madam1674
town miss1675
town woman1675
lady of the night1677
mawks1677
fling-stink1679
Whetstone whore1684
man-leech1687
nocturnal1693
hack1699
strum1699
fille de joie1705
market-dame1706
screw1725
girl of (the) town1733
Cytherean1751
street girl1764
monnisher1765
lady of easy virtue1766
woman (also lady) of the town1766
kennel-nymph1771
chicken1782
stargazer1785
loose fish1809
receiver general1811
Cyprian1819
mollya1822
dolly-mop1834
hooker1845
charver1846
tail1846
horse-breaker1861
professional1862
flagger1865
cocodette1867
cocotte1867
queen's woman1871
common prostitute1875
joro1884
geisha1887
horizontal1888
flossy1893
moth1896
girl of the pavement1900
pross1902
prossie1902
pusher1902
split-arse mechanic1903
broad1914
shawl1922
bum1923
quiff1923
hustler1924
lady of the evening1924
prostie1926
working girl1928
prostisciutto1930
maggie1932
brass1934
brass nail1934
mud kicker1934
scupper1935
model1936
poule de luxe1937
pro1937
chromo1941
Tom1941
pan-pan1949
twopenny upright1958
scrubber1959
slack1959
yum-yum girl1960
Suzie Wong1962
mattress1964
jamette1965
ho1966
sex worker1971
pavement princess1976
parlour girl1979
crack whore1990
1591 R. Greene Notable Discouery of Coosenage f. 7v The Whoore, a Commodity.
1608 T. Dekker Belman of London sig. H1 The Whore, who is called the Commodity.
?1701 Constables Hue & Cry 6 She seldome puts a Commodity into any Customers hand, but what has been try'd before.
1761 J. Reed Register-office ii. 29 Snare. I have promised a Virgin to Mr. Zorobabel Habakuk... Gul. You must palm some of your freshest Commodities on him for one.
a. The quality or condition of being convenient, suitable, or useful, esp. with regard to the wants or needs of a person; suitability, utility, convenience. Obsolete.
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the world > action or operation > advantage > convenience > [noun]
commodityc1425
handsomeness1530
commodiousness1570
commodation1578
commodiosity1589
conveniency1603
dexterity1611
conveniency1612
conveniencea1616
commodement1653
commodationa1676
c1425 J. Lydgate Troyyes Bk. (Augustus A.iv) i. l. 1309 Þer was al þat myȝt do plesaunce To any herte, and all commodite.
1542 N. Vyllagon Lamentable & Piteous Treat. in Harleian Misc. (1808) I. 239 They had the vauntage of vs..for the commodyte of the place beyng aboue vs.
1577 B. Googe tr. C. Heresbach Foure Bks. Husbandry i. f. 46v Of the commoditie of water who doubteth, without whose vse no man is able to liue.
1615 G. Sandys Relation of Journey 132 Vulcan..the first that found out the commodity of fire.
a1682 Sir T. Browne Certain Misc. Tracts (1683) i. 83 Of singular use and commodity.
1737 J. Ozell tr. F. Rabelais Wks. II. xv. 141 By his great Codpiece [he] hath saved a whole City from dying by Famine. And by G——d I will make a Book of the Commodity of great Codpieces.
1898 J. M. Falkner Moonfleet xiii. 196 She could never live anywhere else than in Moonfleet..the air and commodity of the place suited her well.
b. With of. Convenient access to. Obsolete.
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the mind > possession > supply > [noun] > convenient supply of something
commodityc1529
c1529 T. Wolsey Let. in H. Ellis Orig. Lett. Eng. Hist. (1824) 1st Ser. II. 7 Summe..place, wher I may have comodyte of Physycyans.
c1550 Complaynt Scotl. (1979) xv. 103 Ve can hef na comodite of the necessair thingis that ar requirit.
1600 C. Edmondes Obseruations Fiue Bks. Caesars Comm. iii. xii. 128 The Eburones..had the like commoditie of woods and bogges, and made vse of them in the warre they had with Caesar.
a1656 R. Gordon Geneal. Hist. Earldom of Sutherland (1813) 8 In all..Southerland ther is not a toun, village, or mannour, without the commodity either of the sea, or of a river.
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the world > action or operation > advantage > an opportunity > [noun] > opportunity
roomeOE
ease?c1225
leisure1303
toom1390
respite1443
openc1485
commodity1525
occasion1526
ope1611
conveniency1645
1525 T. Wolsey in State Papers Henry VIII (1849) VI. 404 Mr Secretary, now being ther and having commodite to knowe the valuacion and price of gold and money in those parties, shal make with thair agentes respondentes.
1551 in J. Strype Eccl. Memorials (1721) II. ii. i. 254 After Dinner taking Commodity to declare their Letters.
1619 Visct. Doncaster Let. in S. R. Gardiner Lett. Relations Eng. & Germany (1865) 1st Ser. 74 Your Lordship shall hear from me agayne by the first commodity I can make.
1632 W. Lithgow Totall Disc. Trav. (1682) ix. 403 Finding the Commodity of an English Ship..we hoised sayl.
1690 R. Parsons Jesuit's Memorial vi. 180 To the end that such as would remain, and go forward in studies, might have commodity to do the same.
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(a) A quantity or lot of goods sold on credit by a moneylender, which the recipient resells at a lower price in order to raise cash, usually to the same moneylender. Also in to take (also clap) up a commodity and variants: to raise cash by buying goods of this kind. Obsolete.In quot. a1652 as a mass noun in in commodity: as goods.See also a commodity of brown paper (and old ginger) n. at sense 6a(b) and the note there.
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society > trade and finance > financial dealings > borrowing money > [noun] > parcel of goods sold to raise money
commodity1584
1584 T. Lodge Alarum against Vsurers f. 3 The Broker in this matter, getteth double fee of the Gentleman, treble gaine in the sale of the commoditie, and more, a thousand thankes of this diuellish Usurer.
1589 T. Nashe To Students in R. Greene Menaphon Epist. sig. **v Some deepe read Grammarians, who hauing no more learning in their scull, than will serue to take vp a commoditie..will take vpon them to be the ironicall censors of all.
1590 R. Greene Neuer too Late i. 58 If coyne want, then either to Limbo, or else clap vp a commoditie (if so much credite be left).
a1652 R. Brome Mad Couple Well Match'd ii. i. sig. C3, in Five New Playes (1653) My husband..lent you the last Terme a hundred pound, which hee assign'd to me; and now I have it in Commodity.
1673 F. Kirkman Unlucky Citizen 196 I never borrowed Money or took up any Commodity of any man, but with a design to pay it.
(b) a commodity of brown paper (and old ginger) n. Obsolete rare a quantity of worthless goods nominally sold on credit by a moneylender as a means of evading usury laws.
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a1616 W. Shakespeare Measure for Measure (1623) iv. iii. 5 Here's yong Mr Rash, hee's in for a commoditie of browne paper, and olde Ginger, nine score and seuenteene pounds, of which hee made fiue Markes readie money. View more context for this quotation
1633 T. Nash Quaternio 8 Rather than we shall fayle the Brokers will helpe vs to a Commoditie of browne Paper to helpe vs forward.
b. More generally (with of): a quantity, esp. of goods; a consignment; a batch; a lot. Also figurative. Obsolete.
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society > trade and finance > merchandise > [noun] > load or lot of specific size or abundance
ladec897
cheapc1384
shock1582
commodity1592
allotment1703
piece1774
break1864
lot1872
bulka1888
chance lot1888
trucklot1943
1592 Profitable & Necessarie Disc. Bad Garbelling of Spices vii. 22 A Marchant hath a commoditie of Cloues, Maces, Wormeseed, or such like to bee garbelled.
1598 W. Shakespeare Henry IV, Pt. 1 i. ii. 83 I woulde..thou and I knewe where a commodity of good names were to be bought. View more context for this quotation
a1616 W. Shakespeare Twelfth Night (1623) iii. i. 43 Now Ioue in his next commodity of hayre, send thee a beard.
1658 R. Brathwait Age of Apes in Honest Ghost 169 Now and then the City recompences With a commodity of stale-stuffe wenches.
1819 W. Scott Ivanhoe II. ix. 164 In therefore I went, and found just nought besides a commodity of rusted chains.
1858 T. Weed Let. 16 May in H. C. Goodwin Pioneer Hist. (1859) 239 Six matrons, with a commodity of black salts, tow cloth, flax and maple sugar, went their way rejoicing.
1905 Atlantic Monthly Aug. 279/1 An idyl of what might be called the antimacassar school, its theme of deliriously chaste middle-class wedlock mildly decorated with a commodity of curates, crinoline,..and tea on the lawn.
ΘΚΠ
the world > life > the body > sex organs > female sex organs > [noun]
cuntc1230
quivera1382
chosec1386
privy chosea1387
quoniamc1405
naturec1470
shell1497
box1541
water gate1541
mouth1568
quiver case1568
water gap1586
cunnya1593
medlar1597
mark1598
buggle-boo1600
malkin1602
lap1607
skin coat1611
quim1613
nest1614
watermilla1626
bum1655
merkin1656
twat1656
notch1659
commodity1660
modicum1660
crinkum-crankum1670
honeypot1673
honour1688
muff1699
pussy1699
puss1707
fud1771
jock1790
cock?1833
fanny?1835
vaginac1890
rug1893
money-maker1896
Berkeley1899
Berkeley Hunt1899
twitchet1899
mingea1903
snatch1904
beaver1927
coozie1934
Sir Berkeley1937
pocketbook1942
pranny1949
zatch1950
cooch1955
bearded clam1962
noonie1966
chuff1967
coozea1968
carpet1981
pum-pum1983
front bum1985
coochie1986
punani1987
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1660 Strange & True Conf. 7 The spanish mode of shaving off all the wenches hairs of their Commodities.
1740 Dialogue between Married Lady & Maid 31 He opened the Slit of my Commodity, and conveyed the Head of the Engine to it.
1785 F. Grose Classical Dict. Vulgar Tongue (at cited word) Commodity, a woman's commodity; the private parts of a modest woman, and the public parts of a prostitute.
1884 J. Payne tr. Bk. Thousand Nights & One Night I. 76 She..pointed to her commodity and said to him, ‘Oh my lord, O my friend, what is the name of this?’
Compounds
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a. General attributive (in sense 3b), with the first element in singular form, as commodity export, commodity trading, commodity value, etc.Recorded earliest in commodity price n. at Compounds 1b.
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1806 Lit. Mag. & Amer. Reg. June 460/2 No material difference has arisen between the commodity price of paper currency and that of gold.
1887 S. Moore & E. Aveling tr. K. Marx Capital II. vii. xxiv. 597 The laws of property that are based on commodity production, necessarily turn into the laws of capitalist appropriation.
1894 Locomotive Firemen's Mag. Feb. 111/2 Prior to demonetization, the commodity value of a silver dollar was nearly four cents greater than its coin value.
1909 Chillicothe (Missouri) Constit. 7 Aug. 4/1 The president procured reductions on several commodity items on which the tariff was increased.
1926 N.Y. Times 2 Apr. 7/2 Secretary Hoover expressed the hope today that at the end of the present fiscal year,..commodity exports of the United States to other countries would be about $600,000,000 in excess of imports.
1986 J. L. Bower When Markets Quake x. 169 The Economist described how BASF's reliance on commodity products hurt the company.
2008 New Yorker 31 Mar. 84/1 By expanding into private, proprietary investing, and commodity trading, O'Neal deliberately exposed Merrill to bigger risks.
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commodity agreement n.
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1906 Jasper (Indiana) Herald 22 June (headline) Strong protests were filed against the commodity agreement in its present form being adopted by committee.
1959 Chambers's Encycl. III. 787/2 International agreements for the marketing of foodstuffs and industrial raw materials in their unprocessed form are known as commodity agreements.
2012 S. Lyon in J. L. Burrell & E. Moodie Central Amer. in New Millennium (2013) xi. 196 Emerging in the place of the international commodity agreements.., are new market friendly approaches to development, such as fair trade.
commodity control n.
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1914 Sunday Times (Perth, Austral.) 8 Nov. 6/3 A severe critic of the performances of the Commodity Control Commission and its attempts to fix prices.
1943 P. L. Yates Commodity Control xi. 232 Neither buffer-stock nor quota schemes are sufficiently flawless to enlist our unqualified support as the sole method of commodity control.
2013 Traverse City (Mich.) Record-Eagle 1 June c5/4 This purchase..would be the largest Chinese takeover of an American company, representing an expansion of China's commodity control beyond metals and energy.
commodity market n.
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society > trade and finance > stocks and shares > [noun] > traffic in stocks and shares > types of market
commodity market1843
primary market1859
short interest1866
bear market1873
aftermarket1887
terminal market1887
Kaffir Circus1889
shop1889
bull market1891
open1898
curb-market1900
the junglea1901
jungle-market1900
short market1900
down market1915
short end1964
third market1964
Unlisted Securities Market1979
USM1979
bulldog market1980
1843 New S. Wales Mag. Aug. 378 Their power over the money market, and therefore over the commodity market, is increased.
1962 H. O. Beecheno Introd. Business Stud. xi. 93 In commodity markets..raw materials are sold by those who grew or extracted them, or by merchants.
2015 Guardian (Nexis) 21 Dec. The price of oil has fallen..as commodity markets responded to signs that the global glut of oil will deepen.
commodity price n.
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1806 Lit. Mag. & Amer. Reg. June 460/2 No material difference has arisen between the commodity price of paper currency and that of gold.
1930 Ann. Reg. 1929 68 Commodity prices fell still further in 1929.
2013 L. Billings Five Billion Years Solitude v. 111 The fluctuating commodity prices of precious metals.
C2. General attributive (in sense 3b), with the first element in plural form, as commodities company, commodities market, commodities trading, etc.
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1891 A. L. Perry Princ. Polit. Econ. iv. 345 Credit-exchanges are more likely than commodities-exchanges or than services-exchanges to become unduly multiplied.
1904 Cincinnati Enquirer 18 Aug. 5/1 Frost..maintains the stir in the commodities market.
1943 Sun (Baltimore) 12 Feb. 17/1 Tomorrow's holiday on which the country's major securities and commodities exchanges will recess.
1976 Economist 28 Feb. 5/2 (advt.) Prominent international trading company requires a senior commodities trader responsible for the operation of their Geneva office.
1994 Vanity Fair June 158/2 The White House resorted to ignominious locutions like the Nixonesque assertion that a previous explanation of Hillary's commodities trading was ‘no longer operative’.
2001 Sydney Morning Herald (Nexis) 25 May 23 Living with price variations many of which are well outside suppliers' control is a fact of life for those investing in commodities companies.
2013 T. Panaggio Risk Advantage v. 89 As a young commodities broker right out of college, I didn't have the benefit of formal training in the high-risk investing world.
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commodity currency n. (a) a currency consisting of a particular commodity; (b) a currency belonging to a country whose economy depends on the export of one or more commodities; cf. commodity dollar n. 3.
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1878 D. A. Wells Why we trade & how we Trade 17 No commodity currency (gold, silver, copper, iron, or cabbages) of one kind can be relatively cheaper than one of another kind.
1940 R. V. Coleman & J. T. Adams Dict. Amer. Hist. (rev. ed.) I. 437 By 1700 the use of commodity currencies was giving way to coin payments in the towns and cities.
1987 Austral. Financial Rev. 6 Nov. 1 The $A is a commodity currency, which closely tracks Australia's terms of trade.
2000 A. Kuroda in H. Kawakatsu & A. J. H. Latham Asia Pacific Dynamism 1550–2000 ix. 191 Lacking legal tender, many regions used commodity currencies, such as rice, cloth, and so on.
2012 B. Twomey Inside Currency Market i. 14 Of the seven major widely traded currencies, three are considered commodity currencies, Australia, Canada, and New Zealand.
commodity exchange n. a financial market in which commodities and related investments are traded; a commodity market; (also) an organization which facilitates the trading of commodities and related investments.In quot. 1881 perhaps not a fixed collocation.
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society > trade and finance > trading place > market > [noun] > place for exchange of goods
labour bureau1832
Labour Exchange1832
commodity exchange1881
1881 Pall Mall Gaz. 4 Nov. The finance markets, as apart from the commodity exchanges of the world are in just that state where unpleasant surprises are to be expected.
1934 Planning 1 xxvi. 12 It is surprising how little..those engaged in industry know about the working of the commodity exchanges.
1972 C. Smith & A. Freedman Voluntary Assoc. vii. 196 The Encyclopedia..includes trade associations, commodity exchanges, and government agencies.
2013 Atlantic Mar. 21 (advt.) If you are an employee..of Financial Regulatory Authority (FINRA) or any U.S. stock, option, or commodity exchange, you are not eligible.
commodity fetishism n. [after German Fetischcharakter der Ware (1867 in the passage translated in quot. 1887); compare Warenfetischismus (1899 or earlier)] (in Marxist thought) the belief, in a capitalist society, that commodities are endowed with autonomous existence and intrinsic economic value independent of the investment of labour that went into their production (cf. reification n. 2); (in later use more generally) the tendency to place excessive value on material goods.Quot. 1887 shows fetishism of commodities in equivalent use, in a translation of Marx.
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society > faith > worship > kinds of worship > [noun] > of inanimate object > of commodities
commodity fetishism1936
1887 S. Moore & E. Aveling tr. K. Marx Capital I. i. i. 41 (heading) The fetishism of commodities and the secret thereof.]
1936 Sci. & Society 1 94 This extraordinary emphasis on mathematics can be understood if we remember that commodity-fetishism which dominates bourgeois economic thought.
1994 Age (Melbourne) (Nexis) 2 Apr. (Saturday Extra section) 10 The ‘must-have’ hunger for nice things, the thrill of the shopping spree—commodity fetishism—is..part of our image of femininity.
2008 I. Armstrong Victorian Glassworlds 367/1 He invokes a range of disciplines—anthropology, ethnography, and discourse theory—Marxist criticism, for instance, capital, class, the division of labour, commodity fetishism.
commodity fund n. a fund which invests in a group of commodities (such as gold, oil, agricultural products, etc.) or in futures, options, or stocks.
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1906 Moody's Mag. & Amer. Investm. Sept. 399/1 A moment's reflection will satisfy any practical man that these commodity-funds are real entities and not theoretical.
1969 Hutchinson (Kansas) News 29 June 34/5 The commodity fund will continue to have the leverage afforded futures traders—margins of 10 to 20 per cent.
2008 J. Nugée & P. Subacchi Gulf Region xi. 152 Commodity funds belong mainly, although not exclusively, to countries in the Gulf region—with the notable exceptions of Russia and Norway.
commodity rate n. a special rate charged by a shipping company (in earlier use esp. a railway) for the transport of a particular commodity within a specified area.
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society > trade and finance > fees and taxes > [noun] > carriage of goods, etc. > in wheeled vehicle > by rail > types of
mileage1837
terminal1867
commodity rate1883
traffic1887
1883 Milwaukee (Wisconsin) Sentinel 29 Oct. 5/3 The meetings for Wednesday are for the Eastern Trunk Lines, and that for Thursday of the Central Iowa Traffic Association, when a revision of special individual and commodity rates will be attempted.
1902 Encycl. Brit. XXXII. 135/1 If these special rates are published in the tariff, and are offered to all persons alike,..they are known as commodity rates.
2005 Targeted News Service (Nexis) 19 Oct. The agency should have performed an analysis of MTCE's commodity rates, i.e., its rates for loading and unloading various-sized vehicles and containers on and off of ships, rail cars, and trucks.
This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, January 2018; most recently modified version published online June 2022).
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