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 , thentraded , bought or sold, then finallyconsumed . - noun informal Something
authentic ,important , orrevealing . - noun Plural form of
good .
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Examples
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"This in turn eventually reduces their [the goods '] prices, which leaves consumers with more to spend on other goods ."
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Sanitary goods more deeply felt to be _good goods_.
Woman's Work in the Civil War A Record of Heroism, Patriotism, and Patience
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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*.
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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
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Hence the word goods in the title, meaning possessions and wares but also the good things of life.
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This kind of population growth and demand for certain goods is not present in the US society.
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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.
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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.
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Personally, I think any law telling people/companies what they can charge for their goods is a bad idea.
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Personally, I think any law telling people/companies what they can charge for their goods is a bad idea.
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