Sentence examples for durable good from inspiring English sources

In this approach, children were regarded as a consumable and durable good, thus allowing the use of the theory of demand of consumer durables.

Cheese was a fairly durable good that could be shipped to markets in the East.

("Will special sauce now be counted as a durable good?" Representative John Dingell asks).

And as a consumptive business model, such a durable good meets our increasingly urgent goals of sustainability.

TOMORROW None WEDNESDAY Durable Good Orders -- October New Home Sales -- October Weekly Jobless Claims THURSDAY None -- (Thanksgiving) FRIDAY None.

Producers (and therefore employers) make money only from the sale of a durable good, not from its continuing use after the sale.

In a separate report, the Commerce Department said durable good orders increased 1.6 percent in June, mostly because demand for aircraft surged.

In an important sense, a house is much like any other durable good: a fall in prices is a boon for those consumers who have yet to buy one.*NBER working paper No. 14204 (July 2008).