consumer goods

plural noun

: goods that directly satisfy human wants

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Beijing has publicly stood firm on the policy, leaving the two sides at an impasse with massive implications for the price of consumer goods imported from China. Max Zahn, ABC News, 24 Oct. 2025 So far, the EU’s ecodesign for sustainable products regulation, which will include pro-circularity mandates for certain thresholds of recycled content, the use of digital product passports and a ban on destroying unsold consumer goods, has been allowed to continue apace largely unscathed. Jasmin Malik Chua, Sourcing Journal, 22 Oct. 2025 Unlike luxury consumer goods brands such as Cartier or Louis Vuitton, Best Buy needs to appeal to a very wide swath of society. Phil Wahba, Fortune, 14 Oct. 2025 Kimberly Glas is the president and CEO of the National Council of Textile Organizations and former Commerce deputy assistant secretary for textiles, consumer goods, and materials. Kimberly Glas, MSNBC Newsweek, 8 Oct. 2025 See All Example Sentences for consumer goods

Word History

First Known Use

1901, in the meaning defined above

Time Traveler
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 26 Oct. 2025.

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consumer goods

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