goods
The plural of "good" as a noun is goods, which usually means things that are made to be sold.
Meaning: things that are made to be sold (noun)
How do you pronounce it?
good is pronounced /ɡʊd/.
What mistakes should you avoid?
As a noun, goods means things for sale. It has no ordinary singular in this sense. In ethics, a good means something that is good, with the plural goods.
Did you know?
- The -s plural goes back to the Old English ending -as, which belonged to only one group of nouns, as in stānas, "stones". By the end of the Middle Ages it had spread to almost every noun.
Examples in context
- The shop sells household goods.The singular sentence is the same.
- The goods were shipped by sea.Singular: The good was shipped by sea.
