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  1. Goods and services

    Goods are items that are usually (but not always) tangible, such as pens, salt, apples, and hats. Services are activities provided by other people, who include doctors, lawn care workers, dentists, barbers, waiters, or online servers, a book, a digital videogame or a digital movie. Taken together, it is the production, distribution, and consumption of goods and services which underpins all economic activity and trade. According to economic theory, consumption of goods and services is assumed to provide utility (satisfaction) to the consumer or end-user, although businesses also consume goods and services in the course of producing other goods and services (see Distribution (marketing)#Channels_and_intermediaries).

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  1. Goods and services

    Generally, goods and services are the outcome of human or nature efforts. In economics, economic output is divided into physical goods and intangible services. Consumption of goods and services is assumed to produce utility. It is often used when referring to a Goods and Services Tax. We satisfy our needs and wants by buying goods and services. Goods are items you can see and touch, such as a book, a pen, salt, shoes, hats, a folder etc. Services are provided by other people, such as; a doctor, a lawn mower worker, a dentist, haircut and eating in restaurants.

Editors Contribution

  1. goods and services

    The things/commodities, durables or non durables which exists in day to day activities of a person are goods.


    Submitted by anonymous on November 22, 2020  

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  1. Chaldean Numerology

    The numerical value of goods and services in Chaldean Numerology is: 8

  2. Pythagorean Numerology

    The numerical value of goods and services in Pythagorean Numerology is: 8

Examples of goods and services in a Sentence

  1. Hardik Shah:

    A possible solution is to waive the goods and services tax (GST) compensation cess..on coal.

  2. Fred Keller:

    We’re fighting for the American people, this covers people that went to work every day during the pandemic and provided the goods and services that we need as a free society to be successful.

  3. George Magnus:

    There has to be some resolution of the financial capacity of local governments to meet current, and prospective, age-related costs, otherwise, there could be rolling crises, layoffs, and reduced provision of public goods and services which could lead to political trouble.

  4. Van Tatenhove:

    The question presented here is narrow, can the president use congressionally delegated authority to manage the federal procurement of goods and services to impose vaccines on the employees of federal contractors and subcontractors ? In all likelihood, the answer to that question is no.

  5. Commerce President Tom Donohue:

    TPA is critical because economic growth and job creation at home depend on our ability to sell American goods and services overseas.


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