Definitions

from The Century Dictionary.

  • See good, n., 5 and 6.

from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.

  • noun plural See good, n., 3.

from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.

  • noun business, economics, plurale tantum That which is produced, then traded, bought or sold, then finally consumed.
  • noun informal Something authentic, important, or revealing.
  • noun Plural form of good.

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Examples

  • "This in turn eventually reduces their [the goods '] prices, which leaves consumers with more to spend on other goods…."

    Robots & Workers Slawson, David 1986

  • Sanitary goods more deeply felt to be _good goods_.

    Woman's Work in the Civil War A Record of Heroism, Patriotism, and Patience Mary C. Vaughan

  • The positive contributors - beginning with the largest positive contributor - were real money supply*, interest rate spread, manufacturers 'new orders for consumer goods and materials* and manufacturers' new orders for nondefense capital goods*.

    The Cherry Creek News 2009

  • I am still underimpressed that trade in goods is the same as offshoring labor.

    Getting Ricardo Wrong, Arnold Kling | EconLog | Library of Economics and Liberty 2009

  • Hence the word goods in the title, meaning possessions and wares but also the good things of life.

    A Supremely Disabused Writer André Aciman 2011

  • This kind of population growth and demand for certain goods is not present in the US society.

    Mexican Economy 2009

  • If we contend for nothing, the gentlemen who are opposed to us do not contend for a great deal; but the question is, whether the five percent ad valorem, on all articles imported, will have any operation at all upon the introduction of slaves, unless we make a particular enumeration on this account; the collector may mistake, for he would not presume to apply the term goods, wares, and merchandise to any person whatsoever.

    The Anti-Slavery Examiner, Part 3 of 4 American Anti-Slavery Society

  • If we contend for nothing, the gentlemen who are opposed to us do not contend for a great deal; but the question is, whether the five percent ad valorem, on all articles imported, will have any operation at all upon the introduction of slaves, unless we make a particular enumeration on this account; the collector may mistake, for he would not presume to apply the term goods, wares, and merchandise to any person whatsoever.

    The Anti-Slavery Examiner, Omnibus American Anti-Slavery Society

  • Personally, I think any law telling people/companies what they can charge for their goods is a bad idea.

    Lower Prices Vs. Local Fly Shops 2009

  • Personally, I think any law telling people/companies what they can charge for their goods is a bad idea.

    Lower Prices Vs. Local Fly Shops 2009

  • These “brown goods” — named for their wood, bakelite, and, later, black plastic materials — were their own consumer category, according to Cynthia Cockburn’s and Susan Ormrod’s 1993 study, Gender and Technology in the Making.

    The maddening story of why microwaves were first marketed only to men Stephanie Buck 2018

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