01 n. Convenience; accommodation; profit; benefit; advantage; interest; commodiousness.
pl.
Commodities ((#))
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Convenience; accommodation; profit; benefit; advantage; interest; commodiousness.[Obs.]“Drawn by the commodity of a footpath.” — B. Jonson.“Men may seek their own commodity, yet if this were done with injury to others, it was not to be suffered.” — Hooker.
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That which affords convenience, advantage, or profit, especially in commerce, including everything movable that is bought and sold (except animals), -- goods, wares, merchandise, produce of land and manufactures, etc.
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A parcel or quantity of goods.[Obs.]“A commodity of brown paper and old ginger.” — Shak.