Goods - Commodity - Merchandise - Produce
These are all words for things that are produced to be sold.
Product a thing that is produced or grown, usually to be sold: to create/develop/launch a new product.
Goods things that are produced to be sold: Cotton/leather goods. | Electrical goods.
Commodity (economics) a product or raw material that can be bought and sold, especially between countries: Rice, flour and other basic commodities.
Merchandise [u] goods that are bought or sold; things that you can buy that are connected with or advertise a particular event or organization: Official Olympic merchandise.
Produce [U] things that have been grown or made, especially things connected with farming: We sell only fresh local produce.
GOODS OR MERCHANDISE?
Choose goods if the emphasis is on what the product is made of or what it is for: leather/household goods. Choose merchandise if the emphasis is less on the product itself and more on its brand or the fact of buying/selling it.
PATTERNS
*consumer/industrial products/goods/commodities
*household products/goods
*farm products/produce
*luxury products/goods/commodities
*to sell/market a product/goods/a commodity/ merchandise/produce
*to export a product/goods/a commodity/merchandise
*to buy/purchase a product/goods/a commodity/ merchandise/produce
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