Webster's English Dictionary

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commodity

com.mod.i.ty \k*-'ma:d-*t-e-\ n [ME commoditee, fr. MF commodite`, fr. L 
   commoditat-, com]moditas, fr. commodus 1a: CONVENIENCE, ADVANTAGE  1b: 
   something useful or valuable  2: an economic good : as  2a: a product of 
   agriculture or mining  2b: an article of commerce  obs  3: QUANTITY, LOT