goods meaning: definition, quotations

goods

noun

US, UK /ɡʊdz/

7 senses

Business, Economics, Sciences That which is produced, then traded, bought or sold, then finally consumed.

Transport UK Freight, as opposed to passengers.

Rail transport, Railways, Transport UK, Abbreviation, Ellipsis Ellipsis of goods train.

An unusual visitor to Leeds on September 26 was Class 4 4-6-0 No. 75042 (17A), on a Class H goods from York; it soon returned on the 6.30 p.m. Leeds-York parcels.1962 December, “Motive Power Miscellany: North Eastern Region”, in Modern Railways, page 425:

Informal Something authentic, important, or revealing.

Often preceded by the

Slang The female body, especially when seen as desirable.

And she got the goods / And she got that ass, I got to look, sorry!2007, “Good Life”, in Graduation, performed by Kanye West ft. T-Pain:

Slang The male genitals.

[…]that enormous machine of his[…] which, together with it bottom dependence, the inestimable bulse of ladies jewels, formed a grand showout of goods indeed!1749, [John Cleland], “[Letter the First]”, in Memoirs of a Woman of Pleasure [Fanny Hill], volume I, London: […] [Thomas Parker] for G. Fenton [i.e., Fenton and Ralph Griffiths] […], →OCLC, page 210:

Informal A person or animal, etc., with reference to its characteristics.

Synonyms: wares, evidence, fact, chaffer, commodity, goods, merch, merchandise, product, stock, swag, ware
Antonyms: capital, services
Derived terms: 49 terms
baked goods, basket of goods, bill of goods, brown goods, capital goods, come up with the goods, consumer goods, cost of goods sold, covered goods wagon, damaged goods, dangerous goods, deliver the goods, digital goods, dry goods, fancy goods, finished goods, get the goods on, have the goods on, goods and sales tax, goods carriage, goods shed, goods station, goods-to-person, goods-to-picker, goods train, goods truck, goods van, goods wagon, goods yard, grave goods, greige goods, hard goods, hardgoods, heavy goods vehicle, leathergoods, nongoods, picker-to-goods, pick-up goods, PX goods, rainwater goods, red goods, sell someone a bill of goods, smallgoods, small goods, softgoods, soft goods, stolen goods, straight goods, white goods
Hypernyms: artifact, property, tangible asset
Hyponyms: capital goods, consumer goods, booty, contraband, cargo, freight, window dressing, brown goods, dry goods, haberdashery, homewares, housewares, metalware, millinery, produce, red goods, white goods
Holonyms: retail store, storehouse, warehouse