GOODS


Meaning of GOODS in English

goods S2 W2 /ɡʊdz/ BrE AmE noun [plural]

[ Word Family: noun : ↑ good , ↑ goodie , ↑ goody , ↑ goodness , ↑ goods ; adjective : ↑ good , ↑ goodish ; adverb : ↑ good ]

1 . things that are produced in order to be sold

electrical/industrial/agricultural etc goods

furniture and other household goods

the large market for consumer goods (=televisions, washing machines etc)

Britain’s leading exporter of manufactured goods (=things that are made, not grown)

There will be tax increases on a range of goods and services.

⇨ ↑ dry goods

2 . things that someone owns and that can be moved:

They were charged with handling stolen goods.

We collected up our goods and left.

3 . British English thi which are carried by road, train etc SYN freight :

a goods train

4 . come up with the goods/deliver the goods informal to do whato is needed or expected:

He’s a great player. He always comes up with the goods on the day.

5 . have/get the goods on somebody American English to have or find proof that someone is guilty of a crime:

Face it, Bukowski, we got the goods on you!

6 . damaged goods someone whose actions mean that they no longer have a good effect or influence on something:

After the scandal, he was considered damaged goods by the party.

⇨ worldly goods at ↑ worldly (1)

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COLLOCATIONS (for Meanings 1 & 2)

■ ADJECTIVES/NOUN + goods

▪ electrical goods

Today's shoppers are spending more money on mobile phones and electrical goods than on clothing.

▪ household goods

Household goods are downstairs in the basement.

▪ consumer goods (=televisions, washing machines etc)

The market for consumer goods is huge.

▪ manufactured goods (=made in large quantities using machines)

Imports of manufactured goods have increased rapidly.

▪ industrial goods (=goods used mainly in the production of other goods)

machinery and other industrial goods

▪ agricultural goods

The United States became a major exporter of agricultural goods.

▪ luxury goods

The new industrial middle classes began to demand luxury goods.

▪ duty-free goods (=that you do not pay tax on when you bring them into a country)

What is the permitted amount of duty-free goods?

▪ white goods British English (=equipment used in the home such as washing machines and refrigerators)

The house is unfurnished, except for white goods.

▪ brown goods British English (=electrical goods that provide entertainment at home such as televisions and stereo systems)

The company has 22 percent of the total market for brown goods.

▪ perishable goods (=fresh food etc that is likely to decay quickly)

Perishable goods are transported in refrigerated trucks.

▪ faulty goods (=that have something wrong with them)

Consumers have a right to reasonable protection against the sale of faulty goods.

▪ stolen goods

The police charged him with handling stolen goods.

▪ counterfeit goods (=goods that are made to look like the real thing, but are not the real thing)

Counterfeit goods will be seized and traders will face prosecution.

▪ sb’s worldly goods (=all the things that someone owns)

All his worldly goods fit in four packing cases.

■ phrases

▪ goods and services

The company provides a range of specialized goods and services.

■ verbs

▪ produce goods

The company started a factory in Singapore, to produce goods for export.

▪ manufacture goods

Local industries were created to manufacture goods that were previously imported.

▪ import goods

Western Europe is the world’s second largest market for imported goods.

▪ export goods

The company exports Thai goods to Europe.

▪ supply goods

On 3 September he supplied goods to the hotel valued at £350.00.

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THESAURUS

▪ product noun [countable] something that is made or produced in large quantities, usually in order to be sold:

consumer products such as mobile phones

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dairy products

▪ goods noun [plural] things that are produced in order to be sold, especially for use in the home:

They sell furniture and other household goods.

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electrical goods

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white goods (=large electrical goods used in the home such as washing machines and refrigerators)

▪ commodity noun [countable] formal a type of product or raw material that can be bought and sold – used especially about basic food products, metals, and fuels:

The decline in prices for agricultural commodities made the economic situation worse.

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All metal was a valuable commodity and was rarely wasted.

▪ merchandise noun [uncountable] formal things that are being sold, especially in shops:

Customers are not allowed to handle the merchandise.

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Sales of books, videos, and other merchandise have increased.

▪ wares noun [plural] written things that are offered for sale, especially in a market or on the street:

In the market, the traders began selling their wares.

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Merchants brought their wares from all over the world.

▪ export noun [countable often plural] a product that is sent to a foreign country in order to be sold:

US exports rose to $11.935 billion.

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At the moment, oil is their biggest export.

▪ import noun [countable often plural] goods that are brought from one country into another to be sold there:

The UK clothing industry cannot compete with foreign imports on price.

Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English.      Longman - Словарь современного английского языка.