consumer goods

plural noun

: goods that directly satisfy human wants

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The ubiquity with which copper is used in everything from home construction to consumer goods is hard to overstate. Jj Kinahan, Forbes.com, 9 July 2025 Most recently, Spooner served as CFO at BIC, a global consumer goods provider. Sheryl Estrada, Fortune, 9 July 2025 The company, which operates in more than 90 countries and works with the top 100 consumer goods companies, has trained computers to identify items in shopping aisles to generate real-time data and metrics that could help manufacturers do a better job of selling their products. Katherine Fung, MSNBC Newsweek, 8 July 2025 How might the economic effects of bans on consumer goods be measured in regions affected by cartels? Quico Canseco, Boston Herald, 3 July 2025 See All Example Sentences for consumer goods

Word History

First Known Use

1901, in the meaning defined above

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The first known use of consumer goods was in 1901

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“Consumer goods.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/consumer%20goods. Accessed 14 Jul. 2025.

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consumer goods

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