Talk:goods
Latest comment: 2 years ago by Backinstadiums in topic Plural of good vs. (plural only)
| collocate entry | frequency. of coll. | total freq. | coll. % of total | mutual info | illustrative term |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| services | 2234 | 86134 | 2.59 | 6.53 | goods and service |
| consumer | 816 | 23979 | 3.40 | 6.92 | consumer goods |
| sporting | 674 | 5348 | 12.6 | 8.81 | sporting goods |
| baked | 596 | 5305 | 11.23 | 8.65 | baked goods |
| trade | 403 | 61982 | 0.65 | 4.54 | trade in goods |
| market | 333 | 108114 | 0.31 | 3.46 | market for goods |
| manufactured | 330 | 3885 | 8.49 | 8.24 | manufactured goods |
| canned | 310 | 3804 | 8.15 | 8.18 | canned goods |
| sell | 310 | 40018 | 0.77 | 4.79 | sell goods |
| prices | 288 | 43163 | 0.67 | 4.57 | prices for goods |
| store | 288 | 43163 | 0.67 | 4.31 | ? |
| buy | 288 | 69285 | 0.42 | 3.89 | buy goods |
| capital | 287 | 45970 | 0.62 | 4.48 | capital goods |
| imported | 263 | 5323 | 4.94 | 7.46 | imported goods |
| dry | 259 | 36141 | 0.72 | 4.68 | dry goods |
| produce | 258 | 40176 | 0.64 | 4.52 | (to) produce goods |
| material | 254 | 44379 | 0.57 | 4.35 | material goods |
| sold | 242 | 39505 | 0.61 | 4.45 | cost of goods sold |
| luxury | 231 | 9647 | 2.39 | 6.42 | luxury goods |
| selling | 205 | 26686 | 0.56 | 4.32 | selling goods |
| produced | 205 | 36592 | 0.56 | 4.32 | goods produced |
| durable | 204 | 3116 | 6.55 | 7.87 | durable goods |
| stolen | 195 | 11191 | 1.74 | 5.96 | stolen goods |
| deliver | 191 | 15335 | 1.25 | 5.47 | deliver the goods |
| household | 189 | 16318 | 1.16 | 5.37 | household goods |
Translations of selected collocations[edit]
returned goods
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damaged goods
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stolen goods
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dangerous goods
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imported goods
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luxury goods
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counterfeit goods
scarce goods
durable goods
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perishable goods
baked goods
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public goods
Plural of good vs. (plural only)[edit]
Plural of good (An item of merchandise) (plural only) (business, economics) That which is produced, then traded, bought or sold, then finally consumed.
Which one is correct here? --Backinstadiums (talk) 13:13, 1 March 2020 (UTC)
- merchandise: articles for sale or use, often those produced for later consumption, as opposed to services (takes a singular or plural verb, as groats does)
8. spec. a. (Now only as a countable noun, chiefly pl., but occas. in sing.) Saleable commodities, merchandise, wares (now chiefly applied to manufactured articles). ¶(U.S.) pl. as sing. Kind of dry goods. https://oed.com/oed2/00096762 --Backinstadiums (talk) 15:51, 4 June 2021 (UTC)