English-Spanish translations for commodity

• artículo de consumo
  El derecho de los trabajadores a descansar y a disfrutar de vacaciones se ha convertido en un artículo de consumo del que sacar provecho económico. The right of workers to rest and a holiday has been turned into a commodity to enrich capital.
  Significa que usted puede contratar una póliza de seguros que luego puede comprarse y venderse como un artículo de consumo. It means that you can take out an insurance policy which can then be bought and sold like a commodity.
• bien
  ¿La energía es un "bien común" , o una simple mercancía? Is energy a 'common asset' or just a commodity?
  Ahora el agua limpia es un bien escaso. Clean water is now a scarce commodity.
• materia prima
  La demanda de electricidad -materia prima que no se puede almacenar- alcanza su nivel máximo. The demand for electricity - a commodity that cannot be stored - peaks.
• satisfactor

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