consumption goods
Americanplural noun
Etymology
Origin of consumption goods
First recorded in 1890–95
Example Sentences
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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
On the other hand, those who are in receipt of large incomes cannot use more than a limited amount of consumption goods.
From The American Empire by Scott Nearing
That means higher prices for consumption goods, in the interval between the starting of the new enterprise and the time when its finished products are added to the "real income" of the community.
From The Value of Money by Benjamin M. Anderson
Of course, not all of retail trade is in consumption goods.
From The Value of Money by Benjamin M. Anderson
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