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goods

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adjective

morally excellent; virtuous; righteous; pious: a good man.

satisfactory in quality, quantity, or degree: a good teacher; good health.

of high quality; excellent.

right; proper; fit: It is good that you are here. His credentials are good.

well-behaved: a good child.

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kind, beneficent, or friendly: to do a good deed.

honorable or worthy; in good standing: a good name.

educated and refined: She has a good background.

financially sound or safe: His credit is good.

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genuine; not counterfeit: a good quarter.

11.

sound or valid: good judgment; good reasons.

12.

reliable; dependable; responsible: good advice.

13.

healthful; beneficial: Fresh fruit is good for you.

14.

in excellent condition; healthy: good teeth.

15.

not spoiled or tainted; edible; palatable: The meat was still good after three months in the freezer.

16.

favorable; propitious: good news.

17.

cheerful; optimistic; amiable: in good spirits.

18.

free of distress or pain; comfortable: to feel good after surgery.

19.

agreeable; pleasant: Have a good time.

20.

attractive; handsome: She has a good figure.

21.

(of the complexion) smooth; free from blemish.

22.

close or intimate; warm: She's a good friend of mine.

23.

sufficient or ample: a good supply.

24.

advantageous; satisfactory for the purpose: a good day for fishing.

25.

competent or skillful; clever: a good manager; good at arithmetic.

26.

skillfully or expertly done: a really good job; a good play.

27.

conforming to rules of grammar, usage, etc.; correct: good English.

28.

socially proper: good manners.

29.

remaining available to one: Don't throw good money after bad.

30.

comparatively new or of relatively fine quality: Don't play in the mud in your good clothes.

31.

best or most dressy: He wore his good suit to the office today.

32.

full: a good day's journey away.

33.

fairly large or great: a good amount.

34.

free from precipitation or cloudiness: good weather.

35.

Medicine/Medical. (of a patient's condition) having stable and normal vital signs, being conscious and comfortable, and having excellent appetite, mobility, etc.

36.

fertile; rich: good soil.

37.

loyal: a good Democrat.

38.

(of a return or service in tennis, squash, handball, etc.) landing within the limits of a court or section of a court.

39.

Horse Racing. (of the surface of a track) drying after a rain so as to be still slightly sticky: This horse runs best on a good track.

40.

(of meat, especially beef) noting or pertaining to the specific grade below “choice,” containing more lean muscle and less edible fat than “prime” or “choice.”

41.

favorably regarded (used as an epithet for a ship, town, etc.): the good ship Syrena.

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noun

42.

profit or advantage; worth; benefit: What good will that do? We shall work for the common good.

43.

excellence or merit; kindness: to do good.

44.

moral righteousness; virtue: to be a power for good.

45.

(especially in the grading of U.S. beef) an official grade below that of “choice.”

46.

goods,

possessions, especially movable effects or personal property.

articles of trade; wares; merchandise: canned goods.

Informal. what has been promised or is expected: to deliver the goods.

Informal. the genuine article.

Informal. evidence of guilt, as stolen articles: to catch someone with the goods.

cloth or textile material: top-quality linen goods.

Chiefly British. merchandise sent by land, rather than by water or air.

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the good,

the ideal of goodness or morality.

good things or persons collectively.

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Goods is always a great word to know.

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a calculus or concretion found in the stomach or intestines of certain animals, esp. ruminants, formerly reputed to be an effective remedy for poison.

a printed punctuation mark (‽), available only in some typefaces, designed to combine the question mark (?) and the exclamation point (!), indicating a mixture of query and interjection, as after a rhetorical question.

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interjection

48.

(used as an expression of approval or satisfaction): Good! Now we can all go home.

adverb

49.

Informal. well.

Idioms

50.

as good as. as¹ (def. 22).

51.

come to no good, to end in failure or as a failure: Her jealous relatives said that she would come to no good.

52.

for good, finally and permanently; forever: to leave the country for good. Also, for good and all.

53.

good and, Informal. very; completely; exceedingly: This soup is good and hot.

54.

good for,

certain to repay (money owed) because of integrity, financial stability, etc.

the equivalent in value of: Two thousand stamps are good for one coffeepot.

able to survive or continue functioning for (the length of time or the distance indicated): These tires are good for another 10,000 miles.

valid or in effect for (the length of time indicated): a license good for one year.

(used as an expression of approval): Good for you!

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55.

good full, Nautical. (of a sail or sails) well filled, especially when sailing close to the wind; clean full; rap full.

56.

make good,

to make recompense for; repay.

to implement an agreement; fulfill.

to be successful.

to substantiate; verify.

to carry out; accomplish; execute: The convicts made good their getaway.

57.

no good, without value or merit; worthless; contemptible: The check was no good.

58.

to the good,

generally advantageous: That's all to the good, but what do I get out of it?

richer in profit or gain: When he withdrew from the partnership, he was several thousand dollars to the good.

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Origin:
before 900; Middle English (adj., adv., and noun); Old English gōd (adj.); cognate with Dutch goed, German gut, Old Norse gōthr, Gothic goths

Related forms

qua·si-good, adjective

Can be confused: good, well (see usage note at the current entry).

Synonyms
1. pure, moral, conscientious, meritorious, worthy, exemplary, upright. 2. commendable, admirable. 5. obedient, heedful. 6. kindly, benevolent, humane, gracious, obliging. 23. full, adequate. 24. profitable, useful, serviceable, beneficial. 25. efficient, proficient, capable, able, ready, suited, suitable, dexterous, expert, adroit, apt. 46. See property.

Usage note
Good is common as an adverb in informal speech, especially after forms of do: He did good on the test. She sees good with her new glasses. This use does not occur in formal speech or edited writing, where the adverb well is used instead: He did well on the test. EXPANDShe sees well with her new glasses.
The adjective good is standard after linking verbs like taste, smell, look, feel, be, and seem: Everything tastes good. The biscuits smell good. You're looking good today. When used after look or feel, good may refer to spirits as well as health: I'm feeling pretty good this morning, ready to take on the world. Well is both an adjective and an adverb. As an adjective used after look, feel, or other linking verbs, it often refers to good health: You're looking well; we missed you while you were in the hospital. See also bad.

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Example Sentences

Manufactured goods stream out from here to all corners of the earth.

Luxury goods are those whose demand goes up as income rises.

Dugout canoes are used to transport fresh goods to the market.

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Manufactured goods stream out from here to all corners of the earth.

Luxury goods are those whose demand goes up as income rises.

Dugout canoes are used to transport fresh goods to the market.

Radio-frequency identification tags label all kinds of inventoried goods and speed commuters through toll plazas.

And frankly, the color combinations of the home goods are a lot of fun.

And, be on the lookout for a large selection of home and garden goods that have appeared in the magazine.

Costco can tempt me with luxury goods and samples of macaroni and cheese.

All of us have come to rely on low-paid foreign workers for everything from fresh produce to electronic goods.

At the same time as the useful life of consumer goods becomes shorter, consumers hanker after goods that endure.

Tiger goods are much more valuable than leopard merchandise.

Polishing your self-image with counterfeit goods may lead to lying, cheating and cynicism.

Refrigeration isn't always available, canned goods are dead weight in a backpack, and sometimes it's a pain to build a fire.

Home accents and gifts from vintage vases to contemporary tea sets to jewelry and leather goods.

At the end or beginning of your movement, you may load or unload goods for free.

We've also consumed nearly a quarter of all of the goods that the world has produced.

Sheep outnumber people in this land known for its centuries-old tradition of woven goods.

These are often markets for used goods, but some are stolen goods.

Each season, it seems as though the show takes the chefs to a farmer's market to buy goods for their next challenge.

Market-deli in a historic newspaper building offers organic goods and sandwiches made with house-roasted meats.

Bicycles can increase mobility and the delivery of goods to the market.

Have someone in mind to share your goods with when you can't use them.

Our fall apparel guide gives the goods for an all-purpose wardrobe come rain, shine or campsite downtime.

When it was shut down as a manufacturing plant, it was then reengineered to create local manufacturing of eco-friendly goods.

We've seen a pronounced jump in the amount of information available about goods and services.

Technically, you can not compare your wage to theirs since you are not selling the same bundle of goods.

Nonrenewable resources are used worldwide to create electricity, heat homes, power vehicles and manufacture goods.

Western nations should ban the importation of goods produced by slaves and attach levies to countries that support slavery.

The justices upheld a lower court decision saying the first-sale doctrine did not apply to goods produced overseas.

Sometimes those dollars are spent on valid public non-education goods.

As more goods circulate, consumers should get a wider selection and cheaper prices.

Environmentally-friendly goods that waste less, from recycled materials to energy-saving technology.

To take illegal goods across the border, smugglers hand-dig narrow tunnels.

The higher wages could mean higher costs for the goods produced there.

Students simulate the trading of goods between countries.

Chinese police inspect a warehouse full of counterfeit goods.

Fewer and farther between, individual artisans also craft woolen goods by hand.

The online world has plenty to offer its denizens when it comes to consumer goods.

Tomorrow the advance of railway rates goes into effect, but without the usual freedom of addition to the sellers' prices of goods.

They compete with their rivals by trying to sell the highest-margin goods to the wealthiest customers.

In turn these goods were traded for horses, tobacco, and produce.

The emissions needed to make and deliver consumer goods are a leading culprit of climate change.

The newest device aiming for efficiency in the retail distribution of dry goods is a merchandise vending machine.

Even if consumers spend more, they spend it on consumer goods, which raise profits for consumer goods makers.

He also wanted the long-term benefits that these goods could bring his people.

The web of connections among goods and services in an economy may be the long-missing key to.

Of all the baked goods that her grandmother made using homegrown apples, these caramelized upside-down apple muffins were.

Consumers are demanding that the goods they buy be made in ways that do not harm the environment or the workers who make them.

Their findings are used for marketing purposes to single out consumers with goods and services based on our specific interests.

To get capital goods industries hiring, consumer goods producers need to purchase new capital equipment.

International trade in goods has improved many lives-but not without costs and inequities.

The circulating heat can be a liability for delicate baked goods such as custards.

He accused me of taking canned goods from the cupboards that were his.

Some goods increase in quality while nominal prices hold steady and other goods decline in quality while their prices rise.

However, counterfeit and pirated goods have infi ltrated supply chains and present serious problems for legitimate businesses.

The inhabitants apparently left abruptly, without carrying away valuable goods such as pottery or baskets.

Between the consignment malls packed with antiques and vintage goods are updated restaurants and home decor boutiques.

Economics has shown us that scarcity of material goods is basic.

Globalisation is the more or less simultaneous marketing and sale of identical goods and services around the world.

The mostly unseen freight distribution network delivers our goods and supports our lifestyle.

Converting energy earns you credits, which can be redeemed on various hippy services and goods.

They eat other people's leftovers and smoke cigarette butts and retrieve usable goods out of the trash.

Financial markets do not operate in the same way as those for other goods and services.

Handcrafted goods and cultural objects inspired by wildlife and the natural world.

When demand for consumer goods increases, profits for consumer goods makers rise.

Globalization is the movement and integration of goods and people among different countries.

High-end goods with recognizable logos may signal to the less affluent that you have some money, but also to the wealthy that.

The hand-picked goods cover a wide variety of writing and animation styles.

Now if you are talking about the philosophy that the average person draws on, perhaps white guys don't have the goods on things.

But for goods as easily traded as clothes, prices tend to converge over time.

The cost of fuel effects every facet of consumer goods from production to shipping costs.

The government could no more outlaw those goods than it could pants or copper pots.

Their best hope will be to find ways to offer cheaper goods without compromising their image.

Once word got out that supplies were needed, donated goods began arriving by the truckload.

We will all be poor if there is nobody to ply the trades that produce the goods and services that make us all feel wealthy.

Our fall apparel guide gives the goods for an all-purpose wardrobe, come rain, shine or campsite downtime.

The findings are relevant because many new consumer goods are quickly tossed aside.

In a wider scale, the concept should be applied in other consumer goods to reap green benefits.

From all the goods they sold, the king collected taxes, or money.

It's an extremely valuable resource that has resulted in the manufacture of goods that are nearly indispensable.

Brings refeshments and baked goods to dept meetings.

Preferential access to exotic goods such as cinnabar and.

The social norm of fairness, after all, does not always mean an equal distribution of goods.

She retrieved some gloves and other goods and asked me to pick a book.

The color, which represents wholesomeness and earthiness, also shows up in man-made goods from clothing to chocolate.

Have students visit a bookstore or sporting goods store and find maps in books or stand-alone maps available for purchase.

Watch for embroidery with a lead seal attached to ensure the authenticity of the goods.

In prison neighborhoods, barter systems developed as tradesmen and merchants sold primitive trade goods.

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World English Dictionary

goods (ɡʊdz)

—*pl n*
1.	possessions and personal property
2.	(sometimes singular) economics Compare services commodities that are tangible, usually movable, and generally not consumed at the same time as they are produced
3.	articles of commerce; merchandise
4.	chiefly (Brit)
	a. merchandise when transported, esp by rail; freight
	b. (as modifier): a goods train
5.	the goods
	a. informal that which is expected or promised: to deliver the goods
	b. slang the real thing
	c. slang (US), (Canadian) incriminating evidence (esp in the phrase have the goods on someone)
6.	slang a piece of goods a person, esp a woman

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Word Origin & History

good

O.E. god (with a long "o") "having the right or desirable quality," from P.Gmc. *gothaz (cf. O.N. goðr, Du. goed, Ger. gut, Goth. goþs), originally "fit, adequate, belonging together," from PIE base *ghedh- "to unite, be associated, suitable" (cf. O.C.S. godu "pleasing time," Rus. godnyi "fit,

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suitable," O.E. gædrian "to gather, to take up together"). Irregular comparatives (better, best) reflect a widespread pattern, cf. L. bonus, melior, optimus. First record of good day is from c.1200. Goods "property" first recorded late 13c., but singular in the same sense was in O.E. The good neighbours is Scot. euphemism for "the fairies" (1580s). Good-for-nothing is from 1711; good-looking is from 1780; good-natured first recorded 1570s. Good sport is from 1917; good to go is attested from 1989.

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American Heritage

Cultural Dictionary

goods definition

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

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Idioms & Phrases

goods

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

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