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com·mod·i·fy (k

-m

-f

)

tr.v. com·mod·i·fied, com·mod·i·fy·ing, com·mod·i·fies

To turn into or treat as a commodity; make commercial: "Such music . . . commodifies the worst sorts of . . . stereotypes" (Michiko Kakutani).

[commodi(ty) + -fy.]

com·modi·fia·ble adj.

com·modi·fi·cation (-f

-k

n) n.

Translations

commodify [kəˈmɒdɪfaɪ] vt → transformer en objet

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commodification			With the spectre of biorefineries fuelled by plant-derived sugars, corporations are gearing up to capture and commodify plant biomass. Challenging corporate power and unregulated new technologies by Pacific Ecologist Add that to the two other central charges against deregulated capitalism: first, it may create wealth but it does not distribute it effectively; and second, that it takes no account of what it cannot commodify - neither the social relationships of family and community nor the environment, which are vital to human wellbeing, and indeed to the functioning of the market itself. Faith. Belief. Trust. This economic orthodoxy was built on ... by guardian.co.uk / guardian.co.uk Instead, the Bank advised the ministry to commodify water using a "credible threat of disconnections. South Africa's water woes echo global problems by Smith, Gar / Earth Island Journal			committal to memory committal to writing committed committed facility committedness committee Committee for State Security committee meeting committee member committee of the whole Committee of the whole [house] Committee of the Whole House committee stage committeeman committeewoman Committer Committible commix Commixion Commixtion commixture commo Commodate commode commodification commodify commodious Commodiously Commodiousness commodities exchange commodities market commodity commodity brokerage commodity exchange commodity futures commodity loading commodity manager commodity market commodore Commodore John Barry Bridge Commodore Perry Commodore Vanderbilt Commodus Commomplace common common ageratum Common Agricultural Policy common alder common allamanda common American shad common amsinckia			commixtures commixtures COMML COMMLANDFOR COMMO COMMO commodare Commodate Commodate Commodatum Commodatum commode commode commode commode commode chair commode chair commode chair Commode Safety Frame commode step commode-hugging drunk commodes commodes commodes commodifiable commodification commodification commodifications commodified commodifies commodify commodifying commodious commodious commodiously commodiously commodiousness commodiousness commodis consulere commodities commodities commodities commodities commodities Commodities Broker Commodities Brokerage Firm Commodities Brokerage Firms Commodities Brokers commodities exchange Commodities Exchange Act Commodities Exchange Center Commodities Exchange Center Commodities Exchange Center Commodities Exchange Centers Commodities exchanges Commodities Finance Commodities Index Commodities Indexes Commodities Indices commodities market Commodities Out-Performance Roll Adjusted Liquid Strategy

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