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Etymology
ME. commoditee < AF. commoditee, from L. commoditat, commoditas.
Alternative spellings
commoditie (archaic)
Noun
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- Anything movable that is bought and sold.
#* 1995, James G. Carrier, Gifts and Commodities: Exchange and Western Capitalism Since 1700, p.122http://books.google.com/books?id7BwbwuPyLccC&pgPA122&dqcommodities+shopping&sigdozEQAUipFYsEyUTkKpSqKbSCqk
#*:If a key part of shopping is the conversion of anonymous commodities into possessions, shopping is a cultural as much as an economic activity.
#* 2001, Rachel Pain, Introducing Social Geographies, p. 26 http://books.google.com/books?idFVb2cfVpST8C&pgPA26&dqcommodities+shopping&sigOhV4OSNFSU9DE2-UdUBQsFosh5Y
#*: In human geography "commodities" usually refers to goods and services which are bought and sold. The simplest commodities are those produced by the production system just before they are sold.
#* 2005, William Leiss, Botterill, Jacki, Social Communication in Advertising: Consumption in the Mediated Marketplace, p.307 http://books.google.com/books?idR_ELAoKRDb4C&pgPA307&dqcommodities+shopping&sigAyH9Brabe3RC16bitD6AOsfSfPw
#*:*Referring to the work of Bourdieu, Zukin (2004,38) notes that shopping is much more than the purchase of commodities
- rfv-sense Anything useful in daily life.
- Undifferentiated goods of low value.
Translations
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