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consumer goods

Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English 5++朗文当代英语 5++LDOCE 5++朗文 5++
Related topics: Economics, Business
conˈsumer ˌgoods noun [plural]  PEgoods that people buy for their own use, rather than goods bought by businesses and organizations 消费品 capital goods, brown goods
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consumer goodsImports of capital goods rose 50. 7 percent and consumer goods almost doubled in 1995, it said.It is largely our need for electricity and transport and our demand for consumer goods that ultimately leads to acid rain.Because the internal market for consumer goods was too small; 2.The result was a frenzied rush for consumer goods, both for their own sake and as a hedge against inflation.In January, Nobel announced the sale of its consumer goods business to Henkel.The single-minded mission of commercial television today is to produce audiences for sale to advertisers of consumer goods and services.Contrary to expectations this growth in the production of consumer goods merely postpones and then magnifies the problem.They cultivated work of sorts, trading in hashish, black market currency, and smuggled radios and other consumer goods.
From Longman Business Dictionaryconsumer goodsconˈsumer goodsECONOMICSCOMMERCE goods bought by people for their own use, rather than by businesses and organizationsRising incomes have brought higher demand for cars and other western consumer goods. goods
conˈsumer ˌgoods nounChineseSyllable
rather own goods goods their Business use, that than for people Corpus buy


consumer goods
conˈsumer ˌgoods noun [plural]
goods that people buy for their own use, rather than goods bought by businesses and organizations ⇨ capital goods, brown goods


consumer goodsBrE /kənˈsjuːmə ɡʊdz/ 🔊NAmE /kənˈsuːmər ɡʊdz/ 🔊 noun [plural] goods such as food, clothing, etc. bought by individual customers 消费品   compare capital goods