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41commodity market — ➔ market1 * * * commodity market UK US noun [C] (also commodities market) ► FINANCE, STOCK MARKET trade in large quantities of substances or products such as oil, metals, grain, coffee, etc., or the place where they are traded: »In other… …
42commodity chains — commodity chains, commodity chain analysis The network of economic links which integrate transnational labour processes and corporations involved in global sourcing and global marketing of products. Commodity chain analysis sometimes also known… …
43Commodity Futures Trading Commission — (CFTC) USA The federal agency created in 1974 to regulate the commodity futures and options markets in the US and which administers the Commodity Exchange Act (CEA). The CFTC s authority was most recently expanded by the Commodity Fu …
44Commodity Futures Trading Commission Act of 1974 — Commodity Futures Trading Commission (CFTC) Act of 1974 (P.L. 93 463) created the Commodity Futures Trading Commission, to replace the U.S. Department of Agriculture’s Commodity Exchange Authority, as the independent federal agency responsible… …
45commodity broker — ➔ broker1 * * * commodity broker UK US noun [C] STOCK MARKET, FINANCE ► a person or company that trades oil, metals, grain, coffee, etc. for other people or organizations: »The website provides online price data to commodity brokers. »an… …
46commodity product — ➔ product * * * commodity product UK US noun [C] ► COMMERCE, MARKETING a product that is the same as other products of the same type from other producers or manufacturers: »Sugar is a commodity product and no one company has more chance of… …
47commodity fund — ➔ fund1 * * * commodity fund UK US noun [C] ► FINANCE, STOCK MARKET a fund that invests directly in commodities (= gold, corn, oil, etc.): »Tension grew as traders worried that the group s commodity fund had been hit by the recent drop in metal… …
48Commodity exchange — may refer to: Commodities exchange, any exchange where various commodities and derivatives products are traded. Commodity markets, for the markets trading on commodities in general. See also Commodity Exchange This disambiguation page lists… …
49commodity broker — Under Title 11 U.S.C. Section 101: (6) The term commodity broker means futures commission merchant, foreign futures commission merchant, clearing organization, leverage transaction merchant, or commodity options dealer, as defined in section 761… …
50commodity market — commodity exchange or commodity market noun A market where raw materials, such as wool, sugar, etc, are traded • • • Main Entry: ↑commodity …
