Consumer Goods

  

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Consumer Goods

Definition: Consumer Goods

Consumer Goods

Noun

1. Goods (as food or clothing) intended for direct use or consumption.

Source: WordNet 1.7.1 Copyright © 2001 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
 


Specialty Definition: Consumer Goods

DomainDefinition

Business

In political economy terms, goods which are not intended for use directly or indirectly in any manufacturing process but intended for the use of the final consumer. Source: European Union. (references)

Economics

Any goods produced for the express use of individuals rather than the production or manufacturing of other goods. (references)

Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

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Synonym: Consumer Goods

Synonym by domain: first-order (business, economics).

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Crosswords: Consumer Goods

English words defined with "consumer goods": consumer durablesdurable goods, durablesfashions, foodstuffgrocery. (references)
Specialty definitions using "consumer goods": durable consumer goodshard goods, hard line merchandise, Hindustan Lever Ltd. (references)

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Commercial Usage: Consumer Goods

DomainTitle

References

  • Emporikos Desmos imports and sells consumer goods and: International Competitive Benchmarks and Financial Gap Analysis (reference)

  • Household Consumer Goods in Vietnam: A Strategic Entry Report, 1998 (reference)

  • General Consumer Goods (Russian Far East) in Russia: A Strategic Entry Report, 1998 (reference)

  • Household Consumer Goods in Hungary: A Strategic Entry Report, 2000 (reference)

  • The 2000-2005 Outlook for Household Consumer Goods in Asia (reference)

    (more reference examples)

  

Books

  • Consumer Goods - Benchmarking the Industry Online [DOWNLOAD: PDF] (reference)

  • Culture and Consumption: New Approaches to the Symbolic Character of Consumer Goods and Activities (Midland Book, 628) (reference)

  • Fast Moving Consumer Goods (FMCG) Industry in India [DOWNLOAD: PDF] (reference)

  • Fast-Moving Consumer Goods [DOWNLOAD: PDF] (reference)

  • The 2000-2005 World Outlook for Household Consumer Goods [DOWNLOAD: ADOBE READER] (reference)

    (more book examples)

  

Periodicals

Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

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Non-Fiction Usage: Consumer Goods

SubjectTopicQuote

Health

Incentives for manufacturers to design quieter industrial equipment and consumer goods are needed along with regulations governing the maximum emission levels of certain consumer products, such as power tools. (references)

Business

The variety of light industrial and consumer goods increased. (references)

Mass merchandising is becoming increasingly popular in the area of consumer goods. (references)

Most consumer goods are imported by stocking distributors who resell to retailers. (references)

Economic History

Moldova

They sell various consumer goods and equipment. (references)

Egypt

The picture for consumer goods is likewise mixed. (references)

Trinidad

Imports of consumer goods and appliances have increased. (references)

Political Economy

PARAGUAY

Expiration dates must be printed on medical products and some consumer goods. (references)

MOROCCO

Counterfeiting of clothing, luggage, and other consumer goods is illegal, but not uncommon. (references)

Mongolia

A growing trade and small entrepreneurial sector in the cities provides basic consumer goods. (references)

Trade

Israel

Israel levies purchase taxes on many consumer goods. (references)

Burma

Tariffs on most other items including consumer goods are moderate. (references)

Jamaica

Final or consumer goods are broken down into basic and non-basic goods. (references)

Travel

Denmark

The price level for food and durable consumer goods is considerably higher than that of the United States, and among the highest in Western Europe. (references)

Canada

Canadian prices for food and general consumer goods are sometimes higher than US prices, but this may be offset by a favorable US-Canadian dollar exchange rate. (references)

Source: compiled by the editor from ICON Group International, Inc.; see credits.

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Spoken Usage: Consumer Goods

SpeakerPhrase(s)

Rush Limbaugh

If you don't believe it in taxes, look at it in the sale of tangible consumer goods.

Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

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Usage in Company Names: Consumer Goods

CountryName
Greece

Emporikos Desmos imports and sells consumer goods and

 (more examples...)

Source: compiled by the editor from Icon Group International, Inc.

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Expression: Consumer Goods

Expression using "consumer goods": durable consumer goods. Additional references.

Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

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Frequency of Internet Keywords: Consumer Goods

The following statistics estimate the number of searches per day across the major English-language search engines as identified by various trade publications. Hyperlinks lead to commercial use of the expression at Amazon.com.
 
ExpressionFrequency
per Day

consumer goods services

59

consumer goods

29

consumer goods technology

7

consumer goods job packaged

7

company consumer goods

4

alliance between company consumer goods utility

4

consumer goods part plastic

3

between company company consumer goods partnerships utility

3

consumer goods package

3

consumer goods merchandising retail services

2

company consumer goods packaged

2

consumer goods magazine technology

2

consumer goods trader

2

consumer goods new order

2

consumer goods manufacturer

2

consumer goods industry

2
Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

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Modern Translation: Consumer Goods

Language Translations for "consumer goods"; alternative meanings/domain in parentheses.

Albanian

  

artikuj të përdorimit të gjerë (commodities). (various references)

   

Arabic 

  

‏سلع إستهلاكية, ‏السلعة المستعملة. (various references)

   

Czech

  

spotřební zboží, konzumní zboží. (various references)

   

Danish

  

konsumgoder (consumption goods, first order goods), forbrugsgoder (consumption goods, first order goods). (various references)

   

Dutch

  

consumptiegoederen (consumption goods, first order goods), verbruiksartikelen (consumption goods, first order goods). (various references)

   

Finnish

  

kulutushyödyke (commodity, consumption goods, first order goods). (various references)

   

French

  

biens de consommation (consumption goods). (various references)

   

German

  

Verbrauchsgüter (consumption goods, first order goods), Konsumgüter (consumption goods, first order goods). (various references)

   

Greek 

  

καταναλωτικά αγαθά (consumption goods, first order goods). (various references)

   

Hungarian

  

fogyasztási cikkek (articles of consumption, articles of food, consumer's goods, consumption goods), fogyasztási javak (consumer's goods, consumption goods). (various references)

   

Italian

  

generi di consumo, beni di consumo (consumption goods, first order goods). (various references)

   

Japanese Kanji 

  

消費財 , 民需" , コンシューマ製" (concentration, concentrator, concentric, concept, concept advertisement, conception, conceptual art, concessionary chain, consensus, consent, conservatoire, console, console type, consomme, consortium, constant, constellation system, constitution, constraint, construct, constructor, consumer products, control strip, electrical outlet). (various references)

   

Japanese Katakana 

  

しょうひざい, コンシューマせいひ" (consumer products), み"じゅひ". (various references)

   

Pig Latin

  

onsumercay oodsgay

   

Portuguese

  

bens de consumo (consumption goods, first order goods). (various references)

   

Romanian

  

bunuri de larg consum. (various references)

   

Russian 

  

потребительский товар, потребительские товары (consumer commodities). (various references)

   

Serbo-Croatian

  

roba široke potrošnje. (various references)

   

Spanish

  

bienes de consumo. (various references)

   

Swedish

  

konsumtionsvaror (consumption goods, first order goods). (various references)

   

Turkish

  

tüketim malları, tüketim maddeleri. (various references)

   

Vietnamese 

  

h ng tiêu dùng. (various references)

Source: compiled by the editor from various translation references.

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Anagrams: Consumer Goods

Scrabble® Enable2K-Verified Anagrams

Words within the letters "c-d-e-g-m-n-o-o-o-r-s-s-u"

-4 letters: consumers, mongooses, mungooses, scrounged, scrounges, uncrossed.

-5 letters: condores, congress, consumed, consumer, consumes, corneous, cornuses, crunodes, decorous, decorums, dormouse, dourness, endosmos, enormous, godroons, goodness, guerdons, gunrooms, mongoose, mucrones, mungoose, resounds, scourged, scourges, scrooges, scrouged, scrouges, scrounge, sonorous, sounders, sunrooms, surgeons, unmoored.

Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

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INDEX

1. Definition
2. Synonyms
3. Crosswords
4. Usage: Commercial
5. Quotations: Non-fiction
6. Quotations: Spoken
7. Names: Company Usage
8. Expressions
9. Expressions: Internet
10. Translations: Modern
11. Anagrams
12. Bibliography


  

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