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good

good good [gʊd] noun [singular]

1. ECONOMICS something that has been produced in order to be used or sold. The word is used in the singular form by economists, but not usually by ordinary people:

• In the real free market, the users bear the costs of a good or service.

2. be £10/$50 etc to the good to have £10, $50 etc more than before or to have made a profit of £10, $50 etc:

• Guinness shares closed 6.5p to the good at 608.5p.

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good UK US /gʊd/ noun [S] ECONOMICS

► a product that is made to be sold: »The demand for a good influences its price.

→ See also ECONOMIC GOOD(Cf. ↑economic good), GOODS(Cf. ↑goods)

→ Compare COMMODITY(Cf. ↑commodity)

Financial and business terms. 2012.