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good day(dictionary)
good looks(dictionary)
a-good(medicine)
Good Day(finance)
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good(4)(dictionary)
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good(3) (iou)



good noun. . OE.
[from the adjective.]
What is good or beneficial; well-being; profit or benefit; resulting advantage. OE.
Jonson If he had employ'd Those excellent gifts..Vnto the good, not ruin, of the State. N. Rowe What is the good of Greatness but the Power. W. S. Tyler A prayer-meeting..has become a power for good in the College. W. S. Jevons No good..building docks unless there were ships to load in them.
b. The good part or aspect (of anything). L17.
J. B. Norton The absence of necessity for the measure, its many evils, and its little good.
A desirable object or end; something advantageous or worth attaining. OE.
George Eliot Life..is a doubtful good to many.
b. A good quality, virtue, grace. OE-M16.
c. A good action. OE-E18.
Property or possessions; esp. movable property. Now only in pl. OE.
R. Baxter Stay not to save your Goods or Clothes.
b. Money. ME-M16.
c. In pl. Livestock. L15-L18.
In pl. Saleable commodities; merchandise, wares. Also occas. in sing., a type of merchandise. ME.
A. Burgess Indian cotton goods..competed..with the products of our own Lancashire mills. Times The consumer..being misled into thinking a good is British.
b. Items for transmission by rail etc. (freq. attrib. in goods train, goods yard, etc.). Also ellipt., a goods train. M19.
collect. Virtuous people; the class of good people. Formerly also sing., a good person. ME.
M. Prior Sought by the good, by the oppressor fear'd.
Phrases & comb.: a bit of no good a lot of harm. all to the good generally advantageous. a nasty bit of goods, a nasty piece of goods: see NASTY adjective. be any good, be much good, be some good, be no good, etc., be of any etc. use. be to the good have as a profit, gain, or advantage. bill of goods: see BILL noun3. bit of goods: see BIT noun2 6. brown goods: see BROWN adjective. capital goods: see CAPITAL adjective & noun2. come to good yield a good result. come to no good yield no good result; come to a bad end. deliver the goods: see DELIVER verb 6. do any good effect any good result; make progress, succeed. do good act rightly; show kindness to; be involved in charitable work; improve the condition of, be beneficial to. do more harm than good: see HARM noun. do one's heart good: see HEART noun. dry goods: see DRY adjective. fancy goods: see FANCY adjective. for good (and all) finally, permanently. good-doer a person who does good, a do-gooder; an animal or plant which thrives; goods and chattels: see CHATTEL 2. have the goods on slang have (information etc. giving one) a hold over (another). chief good, first good, highest good = SUMMUM BONUM. in good colloq. in favour with. no good: see NO adjective. piece of goods joc. a person. soft goods: see SOFT adjective. the goods (a) what is provided or required; the real thing; the genuine article; (b) stolen articles found in a thief's possession; clear evidence, positive proof. the great and the good: see GREAT noun. the sovereign good: see SOVEREIGN adjective 2. the unco guid: see UNCO adverb. up to no good up to mischief. white goods: see WHITE adjective.