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consumer goods
Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English
consumer goods
noun
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▪ Because the internal market for consumer goods was too small; 2.
▪ Contrary to expectations this growth in the production of consumer goods merely postpones and then magnifies the problem.
▪ Imports of capital goods rose 50. 7 percent and consumer goods almost doubled in 1995, it said.
▪ In January, Nobel announced the sale of its consumer goods business to Henkel.
▪ It is largely our need for electricity and transport and our demand for consumer goods that ultimately leads to acid rain.
▪ The result was a frenzied rush for consumer goods, both for their own sake and as a hedge against inflation.
▪ The single-minded mission of commercial television today is to produce audiences for sale to advertisers of consumer goods and services.
▪ They cultivated work of sorts, trading in hashish, black market currency, and smuggled radios and other consumer goods.
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consumer goods

n. (plural of consumer good English)

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consumer goods

n. goods (as food or clothing) intended for direct use or consumption

Usage examples of "consumer goods".

More of the national effort could thenceforward be directed toward the production of consumer goods and social improvement, thanks solely to the vigilance of the Politburo in spotting the antipeace faction for what they were.

As American culture spreads to these other lands, so does the growing demand for American-made or -directed consumer goods.

The vast storehouse of food, including grain, of consumer goods and technology that was contained in Western Europe.

A fleet of small vans took the sweaters and ponchos and blankets down to Memu Bay, coming back with food and consumer goods.

She was making about five times the going rate in consumer goods for everything she did for us.

This has got to be a big problem for makers of consumer goods, because they can't compete without offering features.

MPS made consumer goods and ITL made real estate, which was, as ever, where the real money was.

The two hands wash each other-Russia providing capital and consumer goods, and the United States the wherewithal to eat.