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the things you buy These are words for things that you buy or which are offered for sale. One of the most common words to generally describe something you buy is purchase . I'm not in a position to make a major purchase like a car. The finance department approved all her purchases. The word goods is used to describe things that are for sale. It's used especially to describe things that are for sale and are similar. Goods is used mainly in writing. The sale of household goods has been steady all season. The word groceries is used to describe food and other household goods that you buy in a store. Groceries is more common in US English. In UK English, these things are generally called the shopping . US Thank you for bagging my groceries for me. UK Can you bring the shopping in for me? An acquisition tends to be somethin...