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goods

/ ɡʊ�� /

plural noun

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

goods

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

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Idioms and Phrases

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

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President Trump’s new trade policies, including a 145% tariff on Chinese goods, will affect every imported piece of the company’s energy-efficient lights, most of which are assembled in Pasadena from parts made in Asia.

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The US's huge tariffs on Chinese goods, and China's retaliatory 125% on US imports, may create opportunities for South American exporters.

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Traders are counting their losses as Tanzania clamps down on people trying to flout a ban on goods from neighbouring Malawi in an escalating regional trade row.

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The All Items Retail Prices Index measures the change from quarter to quarter in the price of the goods and services purchased by an average household in Jersey.

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It is tasked with a broad range of actions — hunting fugitives, transporting federal prisoners and managing goods seized from criminals.

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