consumption goods

American  

plural noun

Economics

1. consumer goods.

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Etymology

Origin of consumption goods

First recorded in 1890–95

Example Sentences

Said Pundit Walter Lippmann: ''About half of all consumption goods . . . are bought . . . by the great mass of people who have small incomes.

From Time Magazine Archive

Ever since the end of the nineteenth century, the problem of what to do with the surplus of consumption goods has been latent in industrial society.

From "1984" by George Orwell

The clue to all values is in the values of consumption goods, which are in direct contact with the utilities which are the source of value.

From The Value of Money by Anderson, Benjamin M.

Capital instruments produce consumption goods, but the value of the consumption goods is the cause of the value of the capital instruments.

From The Value of Money by Anderson, Benjamin M.

Of course, not all of retail trade is in consumption goods.

From The Value of Money by Anderson, Benjamin M.