Meanings
noun
- pluralplural of good
noungoods pl (plural only)
- pluralplural onlybusinessThat which is produced, then traded, bought or sold, then finally consumed.
Synonyms: wares
- UKpluralplural onlytransportFreight, as opposed to passengers.
- UKabbreviationellipsispluralplural onlyrail transportEllipsis 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 - pluralplural onlyslangThe 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 - pluralplural onlyslangThe 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!
Fanny Hill
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 - informalpluralplural onlyA person or animal, etc., with reference to its characteristics.
The Colonel's horse is good goods.
1913, The Lone Hand, volume 12, page 37Synonyms: piece of goods
verb
- indicativepresentsingularthird personthird-person singular simple present indicative of good
Synonyms & antonyms
nounThat which is produced, then traded, bought or sold, then finally consumed.
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nounA person or animal, etc., with reference to its characteristics.
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Translations
Arabic بَضَائِع, سِلَع
- بَضَائِع (baḍāʔiʕ)that which is produced, traded, bought or sold
- سِلَع (silaʕ)that which is produced, traded, bought or sold
- بِضَاعَة (biḍāʕa)that which is produced, traded, bought or sold
- مَتَاع (matāʕ)that which is produced, traded, bought or sold
Bengali পণ্য, সামান
- পণ্য (ponno)that which is produced, traded, bought or sold
- সামান (śaman)that which is produced, traded, bought or sold
- মাল (mal)that which is produced, traded, bought or sold
Bulgarian това́р, сто́ка
- това́р (továr)that which is produced, traded, bought or sold
- сто́ка (stóka)that which is produced, traded, bought or sold
- бла́го (blágo)that which is produced, traded, bought or sold
Catalan béns
- bénsthat which is produced, traded, bought or sold
Chinese Cantonese 商品, 貨物 /货物
- 商品 (soeng¹ ban²)that which is produced, traded, bought or sold
- 貨物 /货物 (fo³ mat⁶)that which is produced, traded, bought or sold
Chinese Mandarin 產品 /产品, 貨物 /货物
- 產品 /产品 (chǎnpǐn)that which is produced, traded, bought or sold
- 貨物 /货物 (huòwù)that which is produced, traded, bought or sold
- 製品 /制品 (zhìpǐn)that which is produced, traded, bought or sold
Czech zboží
- zbožíthat which is produced, traded, bought or sold
Danish gods, vare
- godsthat which is produced, traded, bought or sold
- varethat which is produced, traded, bought or sold
Dutch goederen, waar
- goederenthat which is produced, traded, bought or sold
- waarthat which is produced, traded, bought or sold
Esperanto varo
- varothat which is produced, traded, bought or sold
Estonian kaup
- kaupthat which is produced, traded, bought or sold
Finnish tavara
- tavarathat which is produced, traded, bought or sold
French biens, produit
- biensthat which is produced, traded, bought or sold
- produitthat which is produced, traded, bought or sold
- marchandisethat which is produced, traded, bought or sold
German Güter, Ware
- Güterthat which is produced, traded, bought or sold
- Warethat which is produced, traded, bought or sold
Greek αγαθά
- αγαθά (agathá)that which is produced, traded, bought or sold
Hebrew סְחוֹרָה, מִטְעָן
- סְחוֹרָה (s'khorá)that which is produced, traded, bought or sold
- מִטְעָן (mit'án)that which is produced, traded, bought or sold
Hindi पण्य, माल
- पण्य (paṇya)that which is produced, traded, bought or sold
- माल (māl)that which is produced, traded, bought or sold
- सामान (sāmān)that which is produced, traded, bought or sold
- वस्तु (vastu)that which is produced, traded, bought or sold
- जिंस (jins)that which is produced, traded, bought or sold
Hungarian áru, termék
- áruthat which is produced, traded, bought or sold
- termékthat which is produced, traded, bought or sold
Icelandic vara
- varathat which is produced, traded, bought or sold
Indonesian barang-barang
- barang-barangthat which is produced, traded, bought or sold
Irish earraí
- earraíthat which is produced, traded, bought or sold
Italian beni, merce
- benithat which is produced, traded, bought or sold
- mercethat which is produced, traded, bought or sold
Japanese 品物, 商品
- 品物 (shinamono)that which is produced, traded, bought or sold
- 商品 (shōhin)that which is produced, traded, bought or sold
- 物品 (buppin)that which is produced, traded, bought or sold
- 品 (shina)that which is produced, traded, bought or sold
- 財 (zai)that which is produced, traded, bought or sold
Korean 상품, 물품
- 상품 (sangpum)that which is produced, traded, bought or sold
- 물품 (mulpum)that which is produced, traded, bought or sold
- 물건 (mulgeon)that which is produced, traded, bought or sold
Latin bona, merx
- bonathat which is produced, traded, bought or sold
- merxthat which is produced, traded, bought or sold
Latvian prece
- precethat which is produced, traded, bought or sold
Lithuanian prẽkė
- prẽkėthat which is produced, traded, bought or sold
Malay barangan
- baranganthat which is produced, traded, bought or sold
Māori kame, taonga
- kamethat which is produced, traded, bought or sold
- taongathat which is produced, traded, bought or sold
- utautathat which is produced, traded, bought or sold
- hautaongathat which is produced, traded, bought or sold
Norwegian Bokmål gods, vare
- godsthat which is produced, traded, bought or sold
- varethat which is produced, traded, bought or sold
Polish towar, dobra
- towarthat which is produced, traded, bought or sold
- dobrathat which is produced, traded, bought or sold
- produktythat which is produced, traded, bought or sold
Portuguese bens, mercadoria
- bensthat which is produced, traded, bought or sold
- mercadoriathat which is produced, traded, bought or sold
- produtosthat which is produced, traded, bought or sold
Punjabi ਜਿਨਸ
- ਜਿਨਸ (jinas)that which is produced, traded, bought or sold
Romanian marfă
- marfăthat which is produced, traded, bought or sold
Russian това́р, проду́кт
- това́р (továr)that which is produced, traded, bought or sold
- проду́кт (prodúkt)that which is produced, traded, bought or sold
- добро́ (dobró)that which is produced, traded, bought or sold
- бла́го (blágo)that which is produced, traded, bought or sold
Scottish Gaelic bathar, maoin
- batharthat which is produced, traded, bought or sold
- maointhat which is produced, traded, bought or sold
Slovak tovar
- tovarthat which is produced, traded, bought or sold
Spanish géneros, bienes
- génerosthat which is produced, traded, bought or sold
- bienesthat which is produced, traded, bought or sold
Swahili mali, bidhaa
- malithat which is produced, traded, bought or sold
- bidhaathat which is produced, traded, bought or sold
Swedish gods, vara
- godsthat which is produced, traded, bought or sold
- varathat which is produced, traded, bought or sold
Tagalog bilihin
- bilihinthat which is produced, traded, bought or sold
Tamil சரக்கு
- சரக்கு (carakku)that which is produced, traded, bought or sold
Thai พัสดุ, สินค้า
- พัสดุ (pát-sà-dù)that which is produced, traded, bought or sold
- สินค้า (sǐn-káa)that which is produced, traded, bought or sold
- โภคภัณฑ์ (pôok-ká-pan)that which is produced, traded, bought or sold
Turkish mal
- malthat which is produced, traded, bought or sold
Ukrainian това́р
- това́р (továr)that which is produced, traded, bought or sold
Urdu مال, سامان
- مال (māl)that which is produced, traded, bought or sold
- سامان (sāmān)that which is produced, traded, bought or sold
- جِنْس (jins)that which is produced, traded, bought or sold
- اَجْناس (ajnās)that which is produced, traded, bought or sold
Vietnamese hàng hoá, thương phẩm
- hàng hoáthat which is produced, traded, bought or sold
- thương phẩmthat which is produced, traded, bought or sold
Welsh nwydd
- nwyddthat which is produced, traded, bought or sold
Yiddish סחורה
- סחורה (skhoyre)that which is produced, traded, bought or sold
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APA
goods. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 2, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/goods
MLA
“goods.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/goods. Accessed November 2, 2026.
Chicago
WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “goods,” accessed November 2, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/goods.
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