basket of goods

Basket Of Goods — A relatively fixed set of consumer products and services valued and used on an annual basis to track inflation in a specific market or country. The goods in the basket are often adjusted periodically to account for changes in consumer habits The… …   Investment dictionary

basket of goods and services — noun a selection of goods and services, the prices of which are monitored, usually for the purpose of calculating a price index …   Australian English dictionary

basket — [[t]bɑ͟ːskɪt, bæ̱s [/t]] baskets 1) N COUNT A basket is a stiff container that is used for carrying or storing objects. Baskets are made from thin strips of materials such as straw, plastic, or wire woven together. ...big wicker picnic baskets… …   English dictionary

Basket weaving — (also basketry, basket making, or basketmaking) is the process of weaving unspun vegetable fibers into a basket or other similar form. Basketry is made from a variety of fibrous or pliable materials anything that will bend and form a shape.… …   Wikipedia

Basket (disambiguation) — Basket may refer to: *Basket, a container with an open top. *Baskets, the two back seats facing one another on the outside of a stagecoach. *Basket (finance), an economic term for a collection of securities aggregated into a single product to… …   Wikipedia

basket — [bas′kit, bäs′kit] n. [ME < ?] 1. a container made of interwoven cane, rushes, strips of wood, etc. and often having a handle or handles 2. the amount that a basket will hold 3. anything like a basket in shape or use 4. the structure hung from …   English World dictionary

basket — bas|ket S3 [ˈba:skıt US ˈbæ ] n [Date: 1300 1400; Origin: Probably from an unrecorded Old North French baskot, from Latin bascauda bowl for washing dishes ] 1.) a container made of thin pieces of plastic, wire, or wood woven together, used to… …   Dictionary of contemporary English

basket — /ˈbaskət / (say bahskuht) noun 1. a receptacle made of twigs, rushes, thin strips of wood, or other flexible material, woven together. 2. a container made of pieces of thin veneer, used for packing berries, vegetables, etc.; punnet. 3. the… …   Australian English dictionary

basket case — /ˈbaskət keɪs/ (say bahskuht kays) noun 1. a person in an advanced state of nervous tension or mental instability. 2. something which has been dealt a crippling blow: the economy is a basket case after the last budget. {US (1919) slang basket… …   Australian English dictionary

basket — bas·ket || bɑːskɪt n. type of container used for carrying goods (usually made from interwoven straw, cane, wood, etc.) …   English contemporary dictionary

market basket — ˈmarket ˌbasket noun [countable] ECONOMICS a group of typical products that people buy, or their prices, used to measure inflation: • the consumer price index, which measures changes in a fixed market basket of goods and services see also basket… …   Financial and business terms