luxury commodity

collocation in English

meaningsofluxuryandcommodity

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luxury
noun
uk
/ˈlʌk.ʃər.i/us
/ˈlʌk.ʃɚ.i/
great comfort, especially as provided by expensive and ...
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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 ofluxuryandcommodityfrom theCambridge English Dictionary© Cambridge University Press)

Examplesofluxury commodity

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It is a sizeable proportion which we feel cannot be dismissed as a mereluxurycommodity.
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It was also imposed on the ground of dealing with what is aluxurycommodityto a very large extent.
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I do not disagree about the impracticability of controlling everyluxurycommodity.
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It is not aluxurycommodity.
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It deals with aluxurycommodity.
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By the early 1600s, snuff had become an expensiveluxurycommodity.
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World wars and the subsequent economic depressions caused a lull in thisluxurycommodity, but increased prosperity in the early 1970s saw a resurgence.
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Rejecting any association of delight and pleasure with consumption in the form of fashion and other luxury commodities was not simply a concession to an opposite discursive strategy.
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They provided us during those years with essential and luxury commodities, but the people of those islands did not benefit proportionately by that trade.
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Beer no more than most other luxury commodities has been bit by the general depression.
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