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It is not only important, but, in a degree necessary, that the people of this country, should have an American Dictionary of the English language; for, although the body of the language is the same as in England, and it is desirable to perpetuate that sameness, yet some differences must exist. Language is the expression of ideas; and if the people of one country cannot preserve an identity of ideas, they cannot retain an identity of language. |
COMMODITY, n.
Staple commodities are those which are the produce or manufacture of a country, and constitute the principal articles of exportation. Thus flour is the staple commodity of New-York and Pennsylvania; flour and tobacco, of Maryland and Virginia; cotton and rice, of S. Carolina and Georgia; cotton and sugar, of Louisiana.
Convenience; accommodation; profit; benefit; advantage;
interest; commodiousness.
[Obs.]
Drawn by the commodity of a footpath. Men may seek their own commodity, yet if
this were done with injury to others, it was not to be
suffered. 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.
[Obs.]
A commodity of brown paper and old
ginger. | ||||||||