goods

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noun

The definition of goods are things that can be sold.

An example of goods is bedspreads being sold by a department store.

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goods

movable personal property
merchandise; wares
fabric; cloth
Brit. freight: usually used attributively

goods Idioms

deliver the goods

Informal to do or produce the thing required

get (or have) the goods on

Slang to discover (or know) something incriminating about

the goods

Slang what is required, genuine, or valid

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Noun

(business, economics, plural only) That which is produced, then traded, bought or sold, then finally consumed.
(informal, often preceded by the) Something authentic, important, or revealing.
(transport) freight (not passengers)
plural form of good

Usage notes

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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DOGSO

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goods - Legal Definition

n

Items of personal property offered or sold in commerce.

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They need markets to sell goods in and stable currencies.
Two are household goods and one's theater stuff.
They could do nothing but give up all their goods and money.
(2) Such supplies will be bought from them at such prices as seller and buyer may agree on, and if a seller is unable to obtain a fair price he will be free to take his goods back to his village and no one may hinder him under any pretense.
Weissenfels manufactures machinery, ironware, paper and other goods, and has an electrical power-house.

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