product
English
Noun
A commodity offered for sale.
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Any preparation to be applied to the hair, skin, nails, etc.
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Anything that is produced; a result.
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* (John Milton) (1608-1674)
- the product of those ill-mated marriages.
* (Edmund Burke) (1729-1797)
- These institutions are the products of enthusiasm.
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# The amount of an artifact that has been created by someone or some process.
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# A consequence of someone's efforts or of a particular set of circumstances.
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# (label) A chemical substance formed as a result of a chemical reaction.
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# (arithmetic) A quantity obtained by multiplication of two or more numbers.
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# (label) Any operation or a result thereof which generalises multiplication of numbers, like the multiplicative operation in a ring, product of types or a categorical product.
# Any tangible or intangible good or service that is a result of a process and that is intended for delivery to a customer or end user.
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Illegal drugs, especially cocaine, when viewed as a commodity.
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Usage notes
* Adjectives often applied to "product": excellent, good, great, inferior, crappy, broken, defective, cheap, expensive, reliable, safe, dangerous, useful, valuable, useless, domestic, national, agricultural, industrial, financial.
Synonyms
* (items for sale) merchandise, wares, goods
* (amount created by a process) production, output, creation
Derived terms
* by-product
* categorical product
* end product
* finished product
* gross domestic product, gross national product
* product placement
* product recall
Related terms
* produce
* producer
* production
See also
* addition, summation: (augend) + (addend) = (summand) × (summand) = (sum, total)
* subtraction: (minuend) ? (subtrahend) = (difference)
* multiplication: (multiplier) × (multiplicand) = (factor) × (factor) = (product)
* division: (dividend) ÷ (divisor) = (quotient), remainder left over if divisor does not divide dividend
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