English-Dutch translations for commodity

• artikel
  Energie is weliswaar slechts een handelsproduct, maar het is een fundamenteel artikel voor het voortbestaan van onze economische ontwikkeling en ons welzijn. While it is true that energy is just a commodity, it is a commodity that is fundamental for our continued economic development and wellbeing.
  Uit progressief of humanistisch oogpunt kan communicatie niet worden beschouwd als een gewoon artikel waarop alleen de regels van de markt van toepassing zijn. No reformer or humanist can view communication as a simple commodity to be subjected exclusively to the laws of the marketplace.
  De voorgestelde 'made in'-regeling in de huidige vorm zegt helaas niets over de werkelijke oorsprong van een bepaald artikel. Unfortunately, the current version of the proposed 'Made in' provision tell us nothing about the actual origins of a particular commodity.

Definition of commodity

• Anything movable that is bought and sold.
• Something useful or valuable.
• Raw materials, agricultural and other primary products as objects of large-scale trading in specialized exchanges
• Undifferentiated goods characterized by a low profit margin, as distinguished from branded products
• Anything which has both a use-value and an exchange-value
• self-interest|Self-interest; personal convenience or advantage.

Examples

• The price of crude oil is determined in continuous trading between professional players in Worlds many commodities exchanges
• Although they were once in the forefront of consumer electronics, the calculators have become a mere commodity

Related words

• commodity market
• commodity fetishism
• commodity exchange
• commodity price
• commodity bundle
• commodity expert
• commodity producer
• commodity research
• commodity researcher