consumer goods

plural noun

: goods that directly satisfy human wants

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Branch brings more than 20 years of leadership experience across beauty and consumer goods, including Estée Lauder, L’Oréal, Diageo and Kraft Foods. Vogue Business Team, Vogue, 4 Nov. 2025 The softer economy should trim demand for many consumer goods, cooling price hikes. Jonathan Lansner, Oc Register, 29 Oct. 2025 Past outbreaks that have previously been linked to consumer goods, have sometimes resulted in hospitalizations and even deaths. Amanda Greenwood, MSNBC Newsweek, 29 Oct. 2025 This service provides companies in sectors like automotive, consumer goods, food and beverage, healthcare, and manufacturing, a reach from Louisville to West Coast markets including Los Angeles, Seattle and Salt Lake City, among others. Olivia Evans, Louisville Courier Journal, 27 Oct. 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 13 Nov. 2025.

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consumer goods

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