| consumer research | marketing research that yields information about the motives and needs of different classes of consumers |
| turn good turn | a favor for someone, he did me a good turn |
charm
good luck charm | something believed to bring good luck |
collector's item
showpiece
piece de resistance | the outstanding item (the prize piece or main exhibit) in a collection |
commodity
trade good
good | articles of commerce |
| consumer goods | goods (as food or clothing) intended for direct use or consumption |
drygoods
soft goods | textiles or clothing and related merchandise |
durables
durable goods
consumer durables | consumer goods that are not destroyed by use |
| fancy goods | goods that are chiefly ornamental |
| item | a whole individual unit, especially when included in a list or collection, they reduced the price on many items |
| packaged goods | groceries that are packaged for sale |
| sporting goods | sports equipment sold as a commodity |
white goods
household linen | drygoods for household use that are typically made of white cloth |
| white goods | large electrical home appliances (refrigerators or washing machines etc.) that are typically finished in white enamel |
worldly possession
worldly good | a commodity or good associated with the earthly, rather than the spiritual, existence of human beings |
yard goods
piece goods | merchandise in the form of fabrics sold by the yard |
good-temperedness
good-humoredness
good-humouredness
good-naturedness | a cheerful willingness to be obliging |
| good nature | a cheerful, obliging disposition |
grace good will
goodwill | a disposition to kindness and compassion, the victor's grace in treating the vanquished |
neighborliness
neighbourliness
good-neighborliness
good-neighbourliness | a disposition to be friendly and helpful to neighbors |
handsomeness
good looks | the quality of having regular well-defined features (especially of a man) |
| good goodness | moral excellence or admirableness, there is much good to be found in people |
good faith
straightness | having honest intentions, he acted in good faith, doubt was expressed as to the good faith of the immigrants |
| good form | behavior that conforms to social conventions of the time, it is not good form to brag about winning |
courtesy
good manners | a courteous manner |
| good part | a place of especial strength |
| good goodness | that which is pleasing or valuable or useful, weigh the good against the bad, among the highest goods of all are happiness and selfealization |
| good | benefit, for your own good, what's the good of worrying? |
common good
commonweal | the good of a community |
common sense
good sense
gumption
horse sense
sense mother wit | sound practical judgment, Common sense is not so common, he hasn't got the sense God gave little green apples, fortunately she had the good sense to run away |
detail
item
point | an isolated fact that is considered separately from the whole, several of the details are similar, a point of information |
exemplar
example model good example | something to be imitated, an exemplar of success, a model of clarity, he is the very model of a modern major general |
good continuation
continuation
law of continuation | a Gestalt principle of organization holding that there is an innate tendency to perceive a line as continuing its established direction |
Bible
Christian Bible
Book Good Book
Holy Scripture
Holy Writ
Scripture
Word of God
Word | the sacred writings of the Christian religions, he went to carry the Word to the heathen |
item
point | a distinct part that can be specified separately in a group of things that could be enumerated on a list, he noticed an item in the New York Times, she had several items on her shopping list, the main point on the agenda was taken up first |
| agenda item | one of the items to be considered |
| inventory item | an item listed in an inventory |
| line item | an item in an appropriation bill, Some governors can veto line items in their state budgets |
| news item | an item in a newspaper |
| bill of goods | a consignment of merchandise |
| bill of goods | communication (written or spoken) that persuades someone to accept something untrue or undesirable, they tried to sell me a bill of goods about a secondhand car |
f adieu
adios
arrivederci
auf wiedersehen
au revoir
bye
bye-bye
cheerio
good-by
goodby
good-bye
goodbye
good day
sayonara
so long | a farewell remark, they said their good-byes |
good morning
morning | a conventional expression of greeting or farewell |
good afternoon
afternoon | a conventional expression of greeting or farewell |
| good night | a conventional expression of farewell |
consumer price index
CPI
cost-of-living index | an index of the cost of all goods and services to a typical consumer |
| good word | good news |
| good authority | testimony by someone who should know, I have it on good authority |
recommendation testimonial
good word | something that recommends (or expresses commendation of) a person or thing as worthy or desirable |
funny story
good story
funny remark
funny | an account of an amusing incident (usually with a punch line), she told a funny story, she made a funny |