English Explanatory Dictionary

commodatum

English dictionary entry

Meanings

noun
  1. A gratuitous loan for the temporary use of a thing to be returned after a fixed or determinable time.
  2. A contract in which movables are loaned in this way.

Word forms

commodatum commodata

Etymology

From Middle English, from Latin commodātum (“loan”), neuter substantive of commodātus (“borrowed, lent”).

Synonyms

loan for use

Antonyms

mutuum loan for consumption
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