passage
transit | a journey usually by ship, the outward passage tookdays |
| consumer goods | goods (as food or clothing) intended for direct use or consumption |
declinometer
transit declinometer | an instrument for measuring magnetic declination |
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 |
| packaged goods | groceries that are packaged for sale |
| public transit | a public transportation system for moving passengers |
rapid transit
mass rapid transit | an urban public transit system using underground or elevated trains |
| sporting goods | sports equipment sold as a commodity |
theodolite
transit | a surveying instrument for measuring horizontal and vertical angles, consisting of a small telescope mounted on a tripod |
| transit instrument | a telescope mounted on an axis running east and west and used to time the transit of a celestial body across the meridian |
| transit line | a line providing public transit |
transportation system
transportation
transit | a facility consisting of the means and equipment necessary for the movement of passengers or goods |
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 |
yard goods
piece goods | merchandise in the form of fabrics sold by the yard |
bank identification number
BIN
ABA transit number | an identification number consisting of a two-part code assigned to banks and savings associations, the first part shows the location and the second identifies the bank itself |
| 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 |
canned food
canned foods
canned goods
tinned goods | food preserved by canning |
| baked goods | foods (like breads and cakes and pastries) that are cooked in an oven |
produce
green goods
green groceries
garden truck | fresh fruits and vegetable grown for the market |
| transit zone | a six million square mile area that includes the Caribbean and the Gulf of Mexico and the eastern Pacific Ocean, includes the principal routes used by drug smugglers |
worldly possessions
worldly belongings
worldly goods | all the property that someone possess, he left all his worldly possessions to his daughter |
consumption
economic consumption
usance
use
use of goods and services | (economics) the utilization of economic goods to satisfy needs or in manufacturing, the consumption of energy has increased steadily |
| get the goods | discover some bad or hidden information about, She got the goods on her co-worker after reading his e-mail |
| transit | cause or enable to pass through, The canal will transit hundreds of ships every day |
| transit | revolve (the telescope of a surveying transit) about its horizontal transverse axis in order to reverse its direction |
| transit | pass across (a sign or house of the zodiac) or pass across (the disk of a celestial body or the meridian of a place), The comet will transit on September |
transit
pass through
move through
pass across
pass over | make a passage or journey from one place to another, The tourists moved through the town and bought up all the souvenirs, Some travelers pass through the desert |
succeed
win come through
bring home the bacon
deliver the goods | attain success or reach a desired goal, The enterprise succeeded, We succeeded in getting tickets to the show, she struggled to overcome her handicap and won |