matéria-prima — meaning in English

English meaning

• commodity noun A raw material or basic good that is bought and sold in bulk, such as oil, wheat, or gold.

Senses

matéria-prima is used for these senses in English:

• commodity (economics) Raw materials, agricultural and other primary products as objects of large-scale trading in specialized exchanges.
• feedstock Any bulk raw material constituting the principal input for an industrial process.

commodity — full definition

1. noun A raw material or basic good that is bought and sold in bulk, such as oil, wheat, or gold.
2. noun Something useful or valuable, especially something treated as an interchangeable product rather than something unique.

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