goods
goods Lexical Profile
goods Game Scores & Validity
• noun
Tangible commodities, wares, or merchandise produced for sale, trade, or commercial transport.
"The port handles millions of tons of imported consumer goods every year."
Movable personal property, household possessions, or effects belonging to an individual.
"They packed all their worldly goods into a single moving truck before relocating across the country."
What is expected, required, or incriminating, especially genuine ability, promised results, or damning evidence (informal, usually preceded by 'the').
"The investigative journalist finally obtained the goods on the corrupt officials."
Word Nuance & Usage
When referring to merchandise or movable property, 'goods' is a pluralia tantum noun that strictly takes a plural verb and has no singular form in this sense (unlike the abstract singular noun 'good', meaning moral virtue or benefit).
• Rhymes for goods
Word Origin & Etymology
From Middle English 'godes', a pluralization of Old English 'god' ('a good thing, property, or wealth'), substantivized from the adjective 'good'.