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bill of goods

bill of goods noun: a list of items purchased or offered for sale.

Noun

bill of goods (plural bills of goods)

  1. A list of items purchased or offered for sale.
    • Near-synonym: bill of sale
    Synonyms:
    bill of sale
  2. (metonymically) The items themselves, as a collection or set.
    • "This morning," he said, "I foolishly gave Eben a hundred dollars, and sent him to Boston to pay for a bill of goods which I recently bought of a wholesale house on Milk Street."1884, Horatio Alger, chapter 18, in Do and Dare
  3. (idiomatic) A set of misleading or deceptive claims.
    • Near-synonyms: misinformation, disinformation, bullshit; see also Thesaurus:bullshit
    • Truman bought quite a bill of goods from the old cronies who had flocked to Harriman.1956 August 27, “Harry's Bitter Week”, in Time

bill of goods meaning in Bengali

bill of goods in Bengali

বস্তুগুলো নিজে, একটি সংগ্রহ, সেট হিসেবে, একগুচ্ছ বিভ্রান্তিকর, প্রতারণামূলক দাবি

Synonyms of bill of goods

Forms of bill of goods

pluralbills of goods

Words formed from bill of goods

Questions about bill of goods

What does bill of goods mean?
Bill of goods means a list of items purchased or offered for sale.
What is bill of goods in Bengali?
Bill of goods in Bengali is বস্তুগুলো নিজে, একটি সংগ্রহ, সেট হিসেবে. See Bill of goods meaning in Bengali.
What part of speech is bill of goods?
Bill of goods is a noun.
What is the plural of bill of goods?
The plural of bill of goods is bills of goods.

Words near bill of goods in the dictionary

  1. bill of costs
  2. bill of credit
  3. bill of entry
  4. bill of exchange
  5. bill of fare
  6. bill of goods
  7. bill of health
  8. bill of laden
  9. bill of lading
  10. bill of material
  11. bill of materials

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