commodity

n.; pl. Commodities [ F. commodité, fr. L. commoditas. See Commode. ] 1. Convenience; accommodation; profit; benefit; advantage; interest; commodiousness. [ Obs. ] [ 1913 Webster ]

Drawn by the commodity of a footpath. B. Jonson. [ 1913 Webster ]

Men may seek their own commodity, yet if this were done with injury to others, it was not to be suffered. Hooker. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. 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. [ 1913 Webster ]

3. A parcel or quantity of goods. [ Obs. ] [ 1913 Webster ]

A commodity of brown paper and old ginger. Shak. [ 1913 Webster ]