an exchange for the buying and selling of futures contracts on commodities, as butter, coffee, sugar, and grains
Word origin
[1930–35]This word is first recorded in the period 1930–35. Other words that entered Englishat around the same time include: cloverleaf, hypercorrection, old school tie, saddle stitch, technical foul
Examples of 'commodity exchange' in a sentence
commodity exchange
They saw commodity exchange as a source of depersonalisation.
Times, Sunday Times (2008)
Commodity exchange involves the imposition of an imaginary equality on objects that are essentially different.
The Times Literary Supplement (2011)
The compilers of the commodity exchange data admit to some distortion in the way volumes are calculated.
Times, Sunday Times (2010)
But the fundamental question that is being asked is whether these commodity exchanges are merely reflecting physical supply and demand or creating their own reality.
Times, Sunday Times (2006)
Widely used in processed foods, such as margarine, and in cosmetics, palm oil is burning bright on commodity exchanges.
Times, Sunday Times (2007)
It emerged that only five regulators were responsible for overseeing one of the world's largest commodity exchanges.