Commodities
Gold and commodities are semantically related. In some cases you can use "Gold" instead a noun "Commodities".
Gold
Gold noun - Something (as pieces of stamped metal or printed paper) customarily and legally used as a medium of exchange, a measure of value, or a means of payment.
Commodities and gold are semantically related. Sometimes you can use "Commodities" instead a noun "Gold".
Nearby Words: golden, goldish, Goldie
Mutual synonyms
Both words in one sentence
- Going the other direction, commonly-traded commodities like gold are frequently sought by those who suddenly have lost faith in the usual stores of wealth (e.g., have fled the stock market) — see the recent financial crisis and the skyrocketing of the price of gold around the same time.
Source: Analysis / Money Is Not Power - There is now no limit to space or resources, and so the global economy, no longer able to base itself on the scarcity value of commodities like gold and food, is smashed.
Source: Literature / The Long Earth -
But then, there have been several references to gold and diamonds being valuable commodities and presumably mediums of exchange.
Source: Series / Revolution
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