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Merchandises vs Goods - What's the difference?

merchandises | goods |

As a verb merchandises

is .

As a noun goods is

(business|economics|plurale tantum) that which is produced, then traded, bought or sold, then finally consumed.

merchandises

English

Verb

(head)
  • (merchandise)
    • ----

    merchandise

    English

    Alternative forms

    * merchandize , merchaundise (obsolete),merchaundize (obsolete)

    Noun

    (en-noun)
  • (uncountable) Commodities offered for sale.
    • ''good business depends on having good merchandise
  • (countable) A commodity offered for sale; an article of commerce; a kind of merchandise.
  • (uncountable) The act or business of trading; trade; traffic.

    • Usage notes

    * Adjectives often applied to "merchandise": returned, used, damaged, stolen, assorted, lost, promotional, industrial, cheap, expensive, imported, good, inferior.

    Synonyms

    * wares * product

    Verb

    (merchandis)
  • (archaic) To engage in trade; to carry on commerce.
    • (Francis Bacon)
  • To engage in in-store promotion of the sale of goods, as by display and arrangement of goods.
    • He started his career merchandising in a small clothing store chain.
  • (archaic) To engage in the trade of.
  • To engage in in-store promotion of the sale of.
    • He got hired to merchandise some new sporting goods lines.
  • To promote as if for sale.
    • The record companies don't get as good a return on merchandising artists under contract.

    Related terms

    * mercantile * merchant * merchantable

    References

    * * ----

    goods

    English

    Noun

    (head)
  • (business, economics, plurale tantum) That which is produced, then traded, bought or sold, then finally consumed.
  • (informal, often preceded by the) Something authentic, important, or revealing.
  • (transport) freight (not passengers)
  • English plurals

    • Usage notes

    * Adjectives often applied to produced, traded, or consumed "goods": returned, used, damaged, stolen, lost, dangerous, non-traded, intermediate, promotional, industrial, agricultural, imported, cheap, expensive, luxury, inferior, counterfeit, raw, processed, scarce, durable, perishable, baked, public, collective, digital, virtual, necessary, essential.

    Synonyms

    * (that which is consumed) wares * evidence, facts

    Antonyms

    * (that which is consumed) capital, services

    Derived terms

    * baked goods * bill of goods * brown goods * capital goods * come up with the goods * consumer goods * cost of goods sold * damaged goods * dangerous goods * deliver the goods * digital goods * dry goods * fancy goods * finished goods * get the goods on, have the goods on * goods and sales tax * goods train, goods van, goods wagon * grave goods * greige goods * heavy goods vehicle * leathergoods * nongoods * red goods * sell someone a bill of goods * smallgoods * softgoods * white goods

    External links

    * (wikipedia "goods")

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