Ballentine's law dictionary. Anderson, W.S.. 1998.
bill of goods — ☆ bill of goods n. a shipment of goods sent to an agent for sale sell someone a bill of goods Informal to persuade someone by deception or misrepresentation to accept, believe, or do something … English World dictionary
bill of goods — bill′ of goods′ n. 1) bus a quantity of salable items, as an order or shipment 2) inf a misrepresented, fraudulent, or defective article • Etymology: 1925–30 … From formal English to slang
bill of goods — noun 1. communication (written or spoken) that persuades someone to accept something untrue or undesirable they tried to sell me a bill of goods about a secondhand car • Hypernyms: ↑misrepresentation, ↑deceit, ↑deception 2. a consignment of… … Useful english dictionary
bill of goods — 1. a quantity or consignment of salable items, as an order, shipment, etc. 2. Informal. a misrepresented, fraudulent, or defective article. 3. sell someone a bill of goods, to defraud or deceive someone: He sold me a bill of goods about that used … Universalium
bill of goods — noun a) A collection of items purchased or offered for sale. 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. b) A set… … Wiktionary
bill of goods — Date: 1842 1. a consignment of merchandise 2. something intentionally misrepresented ; something passed off in a deception or fraud often used in the phrase sell a bill of goods … New Collegiate Dictionary
bill of goods — noun N. Amer. a consignment of merchandise. Phrases sell someone a bill of goods deceive someone … English new terms dictionary
sell someone a bill of goods — sell (someone) a bill of goods American to make someone believe something that is not true. Politicians have sold all of us a bill of goods, that if we put more people in prison we re going to be safer. The electrician said I d need the outdoor… … New idioms dictionary
sell a bill of goods — sell (someone) a bill of goods American to make someone believe something that is not true. Politicians have sold all of us a bill of goods, that if we put more people in prison we re going to be safer. The electrician said I d need the outdoor… … New idioms dictionary
sell a bill of goods — phrasal 1. : to get the better of especially by fraud : dupe, stick a poor sucker who was sold a bill of goods 2. : to saddle with something disadvantageous sold him a bill of goods and got him to buy the tax ridden property … Useful english dictionary
