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• plural of good.

goods

British  

/ ɡʊdz /

plural noun

1. possessions and personal property

2. (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. 1. informal that which is expected or promised

      to deliver the goods

   2. slang the real thing

   3. slang incriminating evidence (esp in the phrase have the goods on someone )

6. slang a person, esp a woman

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goods Cultural  

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

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goods Idioms  

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

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Example Sentences

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David DeCamp, a spokesman for Crowley, said the company only transports goods between the U.S and Cuba with U.S approval.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Nov. 13, 2026

The cost of virtually all goods and services rose last month.

From MarketWatch ● Nov. 12, 2026

The country got rich, shoppers got easier access to goods and the ground got poisoned.

From Los Angeles Times ● Nov. 12, 2026

It estimates that electronics, basic manufacturing, and metals and minerals account for more than 60% of such goods.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Nov. 12, 2026

To the Paris police, it was an extremely promising lead: a thief who stole from the Louvre and a Parisian painter who bought stolen goods.

From "The Mona Lisa Vanishes" by Nicholas Day

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