Dress goods
() A term applied to fabrics for the gowns of women and girls |
Dry goods
() A commercial name for textile fabrics, cottons, woolens, linen, silks, laces, etc., -- in distinction from groceries. |
Exchange
(n.) The act of giving or taking one thing in return for another which is regarded as an equivalent |
Exchange
(n.) The act of substituting one thing in the place of another |
Exchange
(n.) The thing given or received in return |
Exchange
(n.) The process of setting accounts or debts between parties residing at a distance from each other, without the intervention of money, by exchanging orders or drafts, called bills of exchange. These may be drawn in one country and payable in another, in which case they are called foreign bills |
Exchange
(n.) A mutual grant of equal interests, the one in consideration of the other. Estates exchanged must be equal in quantity, as fee simple for fee simple. |
Exchange
(n.) The place where the merchants, brokers, and bankers of a city meet at certain hours, to transact business. In this sense often contracted to 'Change. |
Exchange
(n.) To part with give, or transfer to another in consideration of something received as an equivalent |
Exchange
(n.) To part with for a substitute |
Exchange
(n.) To give and receive reciprocally, as things of the same kind |
Exchange
(v. i.) To be changed or received in exchange for |
Good
(superl.) Possessing desirable qualities |
Good
(superl.) Possessing moral excellence or virtue |
Good
(superl.) Kind |
Good
(superl.) Serviceable |
Good
(superl.) Clever |
Good
(superl.) Adequate |
Good
(superl.) Real |
Good
(superl.) Not small, insignificant, or of no account |
Good
(superl.) Not lacking or deficient |
Good
(superl.) Not blemished or impeached |
Good
(n.) That which possesses desirable qualities, promotes success, welfare, or happiness, is serviceable, fit, excellent, kind, benevolent, etc. |
Good
(n.) Advancement of interest or happiness |
Good
(n.) Wares |
Good
(adv.) Well, -- especially in the phrase as good, with a following as expressed or implied |
Good
(v. t.) To make good |
Good
(v. t.) To manure |
Good-by
(n. / interj.) Alt. of Good-bye |
Good-bye
(n. / interj.) Farewell |
Good-den
(interj.) A form of salutation. |
Good-fellowship
(n.) Agreeable companionship |
Good-humored
(a.) Having a cheerful spirit and demeanor |
Good-humoredly
(adv.) With a cheerful spirit |
Good-looking
(a.) Handsome. |
Good-natured
(a.) Naturally mild in temper |
Good-naturedly
(adv.) With maldness of temper. |
Good now
() An exclamation of wonder, surprise, or entreaty. |
Goods
(n. pl.) See Good, n., 3. |
Good-tempered
(a.) Having a good temper |
Steelbow goods
() Those goods on a farm, such as corn, cattle, implements husbandry, etc., which may not be carried off by a removing tenant, as being the property of the landlord. |
| exchange | (chess) the capture by both players (usually on consecutive moves) of pieces of equal value, the endgame began after the exchange of queens |
| exchange | (chess) gaining (or losing) a rook in return for a knight or bishop, black lost the exchange |
substitution
exchange commutation | the act of putting one thing or person in the place of another: he sent Smith in for Jones but the substitution came too late to help |
| exchange transfusion | slow removal of a person's blood and its replacement with equal amounts of a donor's blood |
exchange
interchange | reciprocal transfer of equivalent sums of money (especially the currencies of different countries), he earns his living from the interchange of currency |
| exchange | the act of giving something in return for something received, deductible losses on sales or exchanges of property are allowable |
| exchange interchange | the act of changing one thing for another thing, Adam was promised immortality in exchange for his disobedience, there was an interchange of prisoners |
rally
exchange | (sports) an unbroken sequence of several successive strokes, after a short rally Connors won the point |
| turn good turn | a favor for someone, he did me a good turn |
American Stock Exchange
AMEX
Curb | a stock exchange in New York |
central
telephone exchange
exchange | a workplace that serves as a telecommunications facility where lines from telephones can be connected together to permit communication |
| charge-exchange accelerator | an accelerator in which high-energy ions escape from plasma following charge exchange |
charm
good luck charm | something believed to bring good luck |
commodity
trade good
good | articles of commerce |
commodity exchange
commodities exchange
commodities market | an exchange for buying and selling commodities for future delivery |
| consumer goods | goods (as food or clothing) intended for direct use or consumption |
| corn exchange | an exchange where grains are bought and sold |
drygoods
soft goods | textiles or clothing and related merchandise |
durables
durable goods
consumer durables | consumer goods that are not destroyed by use |
| exchange | a workplace for buying and selling, open only to members |
| fancy goods | goods that are chiefly ornamental |
futures exchange
futures market
forward market | a commodity exchange where futures contracts are traded |
New York Stock Exchange
N. Y. Stock Exchange
NYSE
big board | a stock exchange in New York |
| packaged goods | groceries that are packaged for sale |
post exchange
PX | a commissary on a United States Army post |
| sporting goods | sports equipment sold as a commodity |
stock exchange
stock market
securities market | an exchange where security trading is conducted by professional stockbrokers |
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 |
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 |
| 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 |