Goods vs Warehouse - What's the difference?
goods | warehouse |
(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
A place for storing large amounts of products (wares). In logistics, a place where products go to from the manufacturer before going to the retailer.
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* 1894 , United States. Congress. Senate. Committee on Finance, Opinions of Collectors of Customs Concerning Ad Valorem and Specific Rates of Duty on Imports
To confine people to institutions for long-term periods.
As nouns the difference between goods and warehouse
is that goods is (business|economics|plurale tantum) that which is produced, then traded, bought or sold, then finally consumed while warehouse is a place for storing large amounts of products (wares) in logistics, a place where products go to from the manufacturer before going to the retailer.As a verb warehouse is
to store, as in a warehouse.goods
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Noun
(head)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, factsAntonyms
* (that which is consumed) capital, servicesDerived 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 goodsExternal links
* (wikipedia "goods")Anagrams
*warehouse
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(wikipedia warehouse)Noun
(en noun)Revenge of the nerds, passage=Think of banking today and the image is of grey-suited men in towering skyscrapers. Its future, however, is being shaped in converted warehouses and funky offices in San Francisco, New York and London, where bright young things in jeans and T-shirts huddle around laptops, sipping lattes or munching on free food.}}
Derived terms
* warehousemanVerb
(warehous)- Tobacco, for instance, shrinks materially by frequent reshippings, and as all goods are warehoused as a convenience to importers, duties should be paid on what the importer receives.