the goods
What you're seeking
The goods refers to what is needed, expected, or promised.
To deliver the goods or have the goods is to produce results or possess what's required: She really has the goods as a prosecutor.
In criminal contexts, the goods means stolen merchandise or incriminating evidence: The cops caught him with the goods.
- waresItems offered for sale
- cargoTransported goods
- commoditiesTradeable raw materials
- suppliesResources for a task
- merchandiseCommercial products offered
inventory · deliverables · incriminating · damning · evidence · smoking gun · proof · stock · produce · quality · lowdown · assets · loot · ill-gotten gains · freight · materials · stolen · value
the goodsinnocence
Freedom from wrongdoing
alibi · exculpatory evidence · exoneration · clean record · acquittal
the goodsservices
Acts performed for others
nothing · empty shelves · intangibles · empty hands · labor
good, goods, goodness, goody, goodly, the good life, goods train