key commodity
collocation in Englishmeaningsofkeyandcommodity
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key
adjective
uk/kiː/us/kiː/
very important and having a lot of influence on other people ...
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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 ofkeyandcommodityfrom theCambridge English Dictionary© Cambridge University Press)
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Onekeycommoditytraded throughout the region was rice.
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I should prefer to see the money spent on the production of food which, after all, is the vitalkeycommodityin the world today.
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Wheat is akeycommodityin world prices.
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Wheat is thekeycommodityin the world production of food.
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Information is akeycommodityand modern society could not function if it could not be shared.
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They realise how very much coal is thekeycommodity, not only in our domestic industry, but in the needs of other countries whose economy is interlocked with our own.
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In the shorter-term horizon of decisions and information, there are continuous variations in the exchange rate, asset prices, interest rates and in somekeycommodityprices such as oil.
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Thekeycommoditywas pepper, but other goods also came to be defined as royal monopoly items.
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They address space, time, exchange, and style zones and the nature and movement of key commodities.
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Knowing key commodities such as ionization frequency and recombination coefficient, it is possible to determine accurately how long it takes for a specific species density to be obtained.
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These are the key commodities because they affect so many other parts of the industry.
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Has he considered the feasibility in case of need of bringing in certain key commodities by air to keep prices reasonable?
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Does it establish an effective machinery for price stabilisation of key commodities at national and local level?
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In the fight against inflation certain key commodities are of crucial psychological importance.
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The third reality is the great influence and volatility of international interest rates and the prices of international key commodities such as oil.
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Milk is one of the key commodities for feeding the world's hungry millions.
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These are probably the key commodities together with beef, veal, mutton and lamb which are valued at £12 million.
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There are not very many commodities which are really the key commodities for war purposes—a few of the rarer metals.
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Precisely which key commodities will they start on?
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However, nobody would deny that there are few votes to be had in connection with farm drainage, compared with small price rises in certain key commodities.
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