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common goods

  • plural
    of common good.
    common good
    noun
    the advantage or benefit of all people in society or in a group.

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When it comes to the Department of Labor’s inflation calculations, motor insurance hardly carries much weight compared with more common goods like food and energy.

From Slate ● Apr. 16, 2024

The tiny plastic balls - used to manufacture common goods such as plastic bottles - are less than 5mm wide, making cleaning up extremely difficult.

From BBC ● Jan. 9, 2024

Denka’s facility makes neoprene, a flexible, synthetic rubber used to produce common goods such as wetsuits, laptop sleeves, orthopedic braces and automotive belts and hoses.

From Seattle Times ● Feb. 28, 2023

Indeed, if some people take too freely from the supply of common goods, there will not be enough left for others to use.

From Textbooks ● Jul. 28, 2021

Now it would be unlawful to prevent others from obtaining possession of common goods.

From Summa Theologica, Part II-II (Secunda Secundae) Translated by Fathers of the English Dominican Province by Saint Thomas Aquinas

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