GOODS Definition & Meaning

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goods

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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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China now faces a 54% tariff on goods imported into the United States and has retaliated with 34% in counter tariffs.

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After declaring a national economic emergency on Wednesday, Trump announced new tariffs on billions of dollars of goods of at least 10%.

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The British overseas territory is facing a 42% tax on the goods it exports to the US under Trump's shake-up of international trade.

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Beijing had given up on the hope of using the small window it had before Trump's 54% tariffs on Chinese goods took effect next week to do a deal.

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Amid a bloodbath on Wall Street, GOP members of Congress worried the cost increases levied on many goods could come back to bite them in future races.

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