goods
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NounEdit
goods
NounEdit
goods pl (plural only)
- (business, economics) That which is produced, then traded, bought or sold, then finally consumed.
- (informal, often preceded by the) Something authentic, important, or revealing.
- (UK, transport) Freight, as opposed to passengers.
- (rail transport, UK) Short for goods train.
- 1962 December, “Motive Power Miscellany: North Eastern Region”, in Modern Railways, page 425:
- An unusual visitor to Leeds on September 26 was Class 4 4-6-0 No. 75042 (17A), on a Class H goods from York; it soon returned on the 6.30 p.m. Leeds-York parcels.
Usage notesEdit
- Adjectives often applied to produced, traded, or consumed "goods": returned, used, damaged, stolen, lost, dangerous, non-traded, intermediate, promotional, industrial, agricultural, imported, cheap, expensive, luxury, inferior, counterfeit, raw, processed, scarce, durable, perishable, baked, public, collective, digital, virtual, necessary, essential.
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Derived termsEdit
- baked goods
- bill of goods
- brown goods
- capital goods
- come up with the goods
- consumer goods
- cost of goods sold
- damaged goods
- dangerous goods
- deliver the goods
- digital goods
- dry goods
- fancy goods
- finished goods
- get the goods on, have the goods on
- goods and sales tax
- goods shed
- goods station
- goods train, goods van, goods wagon
- goods yard
- grave goods
- greige goods
- heavy goods vehicle
- leathergoods
- nongoods
- red goods
- sell someone a bill of goods
- smallgoods
- softgoods
- straight goods
- white goods
DescendantsEdit
- Japanese: グッズ (guzzu)
TranslationsEdit
that which is produced, traded, bought or sold
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