Vocabulary : Commodity to Commonish
Commodity : Convenience; accommodation; profit; benefit; advantage; interest; commodiousness. ;; That which affords convenience, advantage, or profit, especially in commerce, including everything movable that is bought and sold (except animals), -- goods, wares, merchandise, produce of land and manufactures, etc. ;; A parcel or quantity of goods.Commodore : An officer who ranks next above a captain; sometimes, by courtesy, the senior captain of a squadron. The rank of commodore corresponds with that of brigadier general in the army. ;; A captain commanding a squadron, or a division of a fleet, or having the temporary rank of rear admiral. ;; A title given by courtesy to the senior captain of a line of merchant vessels, and also to the chief officer of a yachting or rowing club. ;; A familiar for the flagship, or for the principal vessel of a squadron or fleet.
Common : Belonging or relating equally, or similarly, to more than one; as, you and I have a common interest in the property. ;; Belonging to or shared by, affecting or serving, all the members of a class, considered together; general; public; as, properties common to all plants; the common schools; the Book of Common Prayer. ;; Often met with; usual; frequent; customary. ;; Not distinguished or exceptional; inconspicuous; ordinary; plebeian; -- often in a depreciatory sense. ;; Profane; polluted. ;; Given to habits of lewdness; prostitute. ;; The people; the community. ;; An inclosed or uninclosed tract of ground for pleasure, for pasturage, etc., the use of which belongs to the public; or to a number of persons. ;; The right of taking a profit in the land of another, in common either with the owner or with other persons; -- so called from the community of interest which arises between the claimant of the right and the owner of the soil, or between the claimants and other commoners entitled to the same right. ;; To c
Common sense : See Common sense, under Sense.
Commonable : Held in common. ;; Allowed to pasture on public commons.