commodity

商品、物資

人々が売り買いする製品や材料。

やさしい英語で： A product or material that people buy and sell.

• Coffee is an important commodity.
• The country exports several agricultural commodities.
• Rising commodity prices made everyday goods more expensive.

類義語： product, merchandise

よく使う表現： trade a commodity, valuable commodity, commodity prices

一次産品、コモディティ

市場で大量に売買される原材料や農産物。

やさしい英語で： Basic materials or farm products bought and sold in large amounts on markets.

• Oil is a major commodity.
• Investors traded commodities on the international market.
• Commodity futures allow farmers to agree prices before their harvests.

類義語： raw materials, primary products

よく使う表現： commodity market, commodity trading, commodity futures

貴重なもの、資源

人々が欲しがったり必要としたりする、役立つものや価値あるもの。

やさしい英語で： Something useful or valuable that people want or need.

• Free time is a precious commodity.
• Trust became a rare commodity after the scandal.
• In a busy city, silence can be a valuable commodity.

類義語： asset

よく使う表現： rare commodity, precious commodity, valuable commodity

汎用品

多くの業者が売り、製品間の差が小さく、一件の利益も少ない標準品。

やさしい英語で： A standard product that many sellers offer, with little difference between versions and little profit on each sale.

• Basic calculators are now a commodity.
• The company sells memory chips as a commodity.
• Once a product becomes a commodity, sellers compete mainly on price.

よく使う表現： a mere commodity, become a commodity