valuable commodity

collocation in English

meaningsofvaluableandcommodity

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valuable
adjective
uk
/ˈvæl.jə.bəl/us
/ˈvæl.jə.bəl/
worth a lot ...
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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 ofvaluableandcommodityfrom theCambridge English Dictionary© Cambridge University Press)

Examplesofvaluable commodity

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The forests also provided just about the onlyvaluablecommodityin the shape of timber.
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Altruism is better than nonaltruism because being an altruist is avaluablecommodity.
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Because the supply of shares is stochastic, the market price does not fully reveal this private information; information is thus avaluablecommodity.
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Anne acquires this powerful ability to manage the home through her employment of that other, more trulyvaluablecommodityaccompanying the clock : reified time.
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Health insurance is sometimes viewed as an institution that simply offers avaluablecommodity: peace of mind against a particular uncertainty.
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A salient example of avaluablecommodityis money, and just as we can ' spend ', ' invest ', ' borrow ' and ' budget ' money, so too we can ' spend ', ' invest ', ' borrow ' and ' budget ' time.
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If genome sequence data were among the data that was breached, it would most certainly constitute a devastating type of ' 'identity theft' ' and potentially could be quite avaluablecommodity.
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This is avaluablecommodityto-day, and it is not unnatural that it should cost a little more.
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It requires not vast amounts of technical skill, but an approach of common sense and the giving of the mostvaluablecommodity—time.
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There is a real danger of infinitely dearer coal for every consumer of thisvaluablecommodity.
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I understand that parliamentary time is avaluablecommodity.
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However, this amendment is dealing with the mostvaluablecommoditythat we are handling in the present circumstances.
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It alters the texture of food, and it is therefore avaluablecommodity.
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Much of this coal is small coal, but it is nevertheless avaluablecommodity.
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We should do all we can to increase the sale of this veryvaluablecommodity.
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I understand that, when prices are guaranteed, fixed and high, wool is a veryvaluablecommodityindeed on a farm.
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Does not such a practice waste avaluablecommodity?
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Oil is, however, avaluablecommodityin other important sectors, such as the pharmaceutical industry.
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I appreciate that this is a veryvaluablecommodity.
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On the whole, fish is cheap and in plentiful supply, and at present it is a mostvaluablecommodityfor the housewife.
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