early 15c., "benefit, profit, welfare;" later "a convenient or useful product," from Middle French commodité "benefit, profit," from Latin commoditatem (nominative commoditas) "fitness, adaptation, convenience, advantage," from commodus "suitable, convenient" (see commode). General sense "property possession" is from c. 1500.
雙語(yǔ)例句
1. Many brokers were charged with cheating customers in commodity trades.
許多經(jīng)紀(jì)人被指控在商品交易中欺騙顧客。
來(lái)自柯林斯例句
2. Money was a commodity she never thought about except in the abstract.