consumer goods

plural noun

: goods that directly satisfy human wants

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Many consumer goods companies, such as Hindustan Unilever, Colgate-Palmolive and Mars Wrigley, are also reportedly looking to cut prices. Priyanka Salve, CNBC, 12 Sep. 2025 That’s another bit of positive news for consumer prices since basically all food, clothing and other consumer goods are transported from factories to market via ships, planes, trucks, and trains which run some variant of Diesel fuel. David Blackmon, Forbes.com, 10 Sep. 2025 Instead, weakness moved sector-by-sector from pandemic winners like tech and consumer goods to the rest of the economy, with each industry suffering its own downturn at different times. Nick Lichtenberg, Fortune, 8 Sep. 2025 That deal aims to create a new fund targeting investments in Chinese companies operating in advanced manufacturing, consumer goods, and the green economy, using the Gulf as a manufacturing and distribution hub. Matthew Martin, semafor.com, 7 Sep. 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 16 Sep. 2025.

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