goods

goods
goods
W2S2 [gudz] n [plural]
1.) things that are produced in order to be sold
electrical/industrial/agricultural etc goods
▪ furniture, carpets and other household goods
▪ the large market for consumer goods (=televisions, washing machines etc)
▪ Britain's leading exporter of manufactured goods (=things that are made not grown)
▪ There will be tax increases on a wide range of goods and services .
→↑dry goods
2.) things that someone owns and that can be moved
▪ They were charged with handling stolen goods.
▪ We collected up our goods and left.
3.) BrE things which are carried by road, train etc
= ↑freight
▪ a goods train
4.) come up with the goods/deliver the goods informal
to do what is needed or expected
▪ He's a great player. He always comes up with the goods on the day.
5.) have/get the goods on sb
AmE to have or find proof that someone is guilty of a crime
▪ Face it, Bukowski, we got the goods on you!
6.) damaged goods
someone whose actions mean that they no longer have a good effect or influence on something
▪ After the scandal, he was considered damaged goods by the party.
→worldly goods at ↑worldly

Dictionary of contemporary English. 2013.

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