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commodity

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Convenience; accommodation; profit; benefit; advantage; interest; commodiousness.

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.

A parcel or quantity of goods.

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A call option is a financial contract that give the option buyer the right, but not the obligation, to buy a stock, bond, commodity other asset or instrument at a specified price within a specific time period. Source: Internet

"Abstract" labor refers to a characteristic of commodity -producing labor that is shared by all different kinds of heterogeneous (concrete) types of labor. Source: Internet

According to details, the package was being brought to curtail the rate of inflation affecting basic commodity items. Source: Internet

According to Marx, capitalists take advantage of the difference between the labour market and the market for whatever commodity the capitalist can produce. Source: Internet

Absolute truth is a very rare and dangerous commodity in the context of professional journalism." citation Origin of the term The term "gonzo" was first used in connection with Hunter S. Thompson by The Boston Globe magazine editor Bill Cardoso in 1970. Source: Internet

According to economist Murray Rothbard : In the sparsely settled American colonies, money, as it always does, arose in the market as a useful and scarce commodity and began to serve as a general medium of exchange. Source: Internet

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