commodity
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- noun
- /kəˈmɒdəti/
- Specialized
- The most valuable commodity I know of is information.
- become a commodity
- scarce commodity
- commodity exchange
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Watch on YouTubeIt's precious, it's beyond, it's not a commodity, it's a gift.
- It's precious, it's beyond, it's not a commodity, it's a gift.
- We are the rarer commodity versus the businesses.
- They were viewing it as a service for which they could pay, as a commodity that they could consume.
- You are, you are prepared to see another human being as a commodity, a not a human being.
- How do we pay for people to get healthcare as if it's some black box, some commodity?
- Those days are over because AI is going from rocket science towards mainstream, not yet commodity, but more mainstream.
- The worry is that if we allow a price tag on a part of us, then soon we're going to think of people as commodities rather than as persons.
- Well, you also spend time mindlessly watching TV, and your attention is the single most important commodity that you have.
- Mid Journey's the commodity, not Meta, right?
- like the thing that they're buying because then you're just a commodity.
- I assume you're a huge commodity in the NIL world because you're an Iowa wrestler's.
Examples
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More realistically, information is a commodity that has a positive supply price.
Academic text (1991) -
Information is the modern commodity... that can shake the world.
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And, and when I think about those two things, you know, time is the one commodity we can never get more of.
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I mean, because trust is a very important commodity in business.
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And data about people, about you and me, is a really precious commodity for the companies that want to build AI.
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Many would consider my business advice... as a very valuable commodity.
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Credit is a valuable commodity.
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So what I thought I would do here today is to talk about this number one commodity or entity all of us deal with every single day.
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They were viewing it as a service for which they could pay, as a commodity that they could consume.
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In today's digital age, data is a valuable commodity for businesses looking to gain insights and improve their services.
Compounds
- Specialized
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5.5
An organized market where people buy and sell raw materials, often for delivery in the future
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A company that buys and sells raw materials like oil or grain for clients and charges a fee
How Valuable
Surface Forms
Etymology
Commodity comes from the Latin commoditas, meaning 'useful' or 'convenient'. That's why today companies can call data a commodity: they treat information as a 'useful thing' that can be packaged and sold like other products.