goods

/ ɡʊdz /

plural noun

1. possessions and personal property
2. See services
   sometimes singular economics commodities that are tangible, usually movable, and generally not consumed at the same time as they are produced Compare services
3. articles of commerce; merchandise
4. 1. merchandise when transported, esp by rail; freight
   2. ( as modifier )

      a goods train

5. the goods
   the goods
   1. that which is expected or promised

      to deliver the goods

   2. the real thing
   3. incriminating evidence (esp in the phrase have the goods on someone )
6. a piece of goods slang.
   a piece of goods a person, esp a woman

goods

1. Merchandise; wares; tangible products that satisfy human wants. ( Compare services .)

Idioms and Phrases

see damaged goods ; deliver the goods ; get the goods on ; sell a bill of goods ; straight goods .

Related Words

• equipment
• furnishings
• furniture
• property