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    Materials

    If you mean: “I mean fabric before dyeing, printing, or most finishing”

    Greige goods

    Also heard as grey goods · loomstate fabric · unfinished cloth

    Woven or knitted textile material in an unfinished state before the wet processing or finishing that gives the commercial fabric its final color and performance.

    Why it matters
    Price, width, weight, hand, shrinkage, and appearance can change substantially after preparation, coloration, and finishing.
    Say or ask
    “Is this quotation for greige goods or finished fabric, and which processing stages are included?”
    Boundary
    The term is used broadly in trade. Confirm the exact process state rather than assuming every supplier stops at the same stage.
How to use this responsibly

A translation is a better question, not automatic proof.

Many textile terms have a formal test-method meaning and a looser workshop meaning. The source link shows the reference used here; the boundary note shows what the term cannot establish by itself.

For a purchase, approval, claim, or inspection, name the method, version, unit, sample or lot, target, tolerance, and who has authority to accept it.

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