perishable commodity

collocation in English

meaningsofperishableandcommodity

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perishable
adjective
uk
/ˈper.ɪ.ʃə.bəl/us
/ˈper.ɪ.ʃə.bəl/
Perishable food ...
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commodity
noun[C]
uk
/kəˈmɒd.ə.ti/us
/kəˈmɑː.də.t̬i/
a substance or product that can be traded, bought, ...
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(Definition ofperishableandcommodityfrom theCambridge English Dictionary© Cambridge University Press)

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Vegetables are also a highlyperishablecommodityand therefore sellers are price takers who cannot wait for an upswing in prices.
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If that happens, what will arise in connection with claims relating to thisperishablecommodity?
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No argument has been put forward to show why this particularperishablecommodityshould be separated from meat, livestock, and other things of that sort.
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This is a highlyperishablecommodityin a multitude of cuts and qualities.
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It may be said that it is a matter of opinion whether a newspaper is aperishablecommodityor not.
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If there is any justification for using chimes to call attention to aperishablecommoditywhich is sold from a van, it is surely greengrocery.
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Aperishablecommoditylike fish has to be sold at once for what it will fetch.
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Suppose that in the case of aperishablecommoditylike strawberries a strawberry marketing board fixed a certain price.
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Have they not extravagantly, foolishly and wantonly bought aperishablecommoditywhich nobody wants, to build up a stockpile which cannot last?
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The mostperishablecommodityin this world is labour.
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It is not easy to ration aperishablecommodityin any case, but it is much more difficult when it is in short supply.
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It is aperishablecommoditybecause we are selling moving space in an aircraft.
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Every retailer of every foodstuff would be excluded, because it is reasonable to say that every food is aperishablecommodity.
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It is a difficult business; we are dealing with aperishablecommodity.
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Vegetables are a highlyperishablecommodityand are difficult to transport.
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That lies in the simple fact that milk is aperishablecommoditywhich is not easily stored.
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Polio vaccine is aperishablecommodity; that is to say, it loses its potency with time.
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