Noun

(commodities)

(obsolete) Convenience; usefulness, suitability.

Anything movable (a good) that is bought and sold.

* 1995 , James G. Carrier, Gifts and Commodities: Exchange and Western Capitalism Since 1700 , p.122

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

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

*:* Referring to the work of Bourdieu, Zukin (2004,38) notes that shopping is much more than the purchase of commodities

Something useful or valuable.

* 2008 , Jan. 14th, Somerset County Gazette

And Slade said: "It really makes me sad that football club chairmen and boards seem to have lost that most precious commodity - patience. "Sam's sacking at Newcastle had, I suppose, been on the cards for a while, but it is really ridiculous to fire a manager after such a short time.

(obsolete) Self-interest; personal convenience or advantage.

*, I.40:

Shall we employ the intelligence Heaven hath bestowed upon us for our greatest good, to our ruine? repugning natures desseign and the universal order and vicissitude of things, which implieth that every man should use his instruments and meanes for his owne commoditie ?

*, NYRB, 2001, vol.1, p.321:

they commonly respect their own ends, commodity is the steer of all their action.

(economics) Raw materials, agricultural and other primary products as objects of large-scale trading in specialized exchanges.

The price of crude oil is determined in continuous trading between professional players in World's many commodities exchanges.

(marketing) Undifferentiated goods characterized by a low profit margin, as distinguished from branded products.

Although they were once in the forefront of consumer electronics, the calculators have become a mere commodity .

(Marxism) Anything which has both a use-value and an exchange-value.

Noun

(wikipedia top) (en noun)

(rfc-sense)The highest part or component of an object.

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#The part viewed, or intended to be viewed, nearest the edge of the visual field normally occupied by the uppermost visible objects.

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#A lid, cap or cover of a container.

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#A garment worn to cover the torso.

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#(lb) A framework at the top of a ship's mast to which rigging is attached.

#(lb) The first half of an inning, during which the home team fields and the visiting team bats.

#(lb) The crown of the head, or the hair upon it; the head.

#*(Edmund Spenser) (c.1552–1599)

#*:from top to toe

#*(William Shakespeare) (1564-1616)

#*:All the stored vengeance of Heaven fall / On her ungrateful top !

A child’s spinning toy; a spinning top.

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(lb) Someone who is eminent.

#(lb) The chief person; the most prominent one.

#*(John Milton) (1608-1674)

#*:to be the top of zealots

#The highest rank; the most honourable position; the utmost attainable place.

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#*(William Shakespeare) (1564-1616)

#*:And wears upon his baby brow the round / And top of sovereignty.

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(lb) A dominant partner in a BDSM relationship or roleplay.

A man penetrating or with a preference for penetrating during homosexual intercourse.

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(lb) A top quark.

The utmost degree; the acme; the summit.

*(Alexander Pope) (1688-1744)

*:The top of my ambition is to contribute to that work.

(lb) A plug, or conical block of wood, with longitudinal grooves on its surface, in which the strands of the rope slide in the process of twisting.

(lb) Highest pitch or loudest.

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(lb) A bundle or ball of slivers of combed wool, from which the noils, or dust, have been taken out.

(lb) Eve; verge; point.

*(Richard Knolles) (1545-1610)

*:He was upon the top of his marriage with Magdaleine.

The part of a cut gem between the girdle, or circumference, and the table, or flat upper surface.

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Topboots.

:(Charles Dickens)