product

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Etymology[edit]

Latin prōductus, perfect participle of prōdūcō, first attested in English in the mathematics sense.

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product (countable and uncountable; plural products)

  1. (countable, uncountable) A commodity offered for sale.
    That store offers a variety of products.
    We've got to sell a lot of product by the end of the month.
  2. The amount of an artifact that has been created by someone or some process.
    They improve their product every year; they export most of their agricultural production.
  3. A consequence of someone's efforts or of a particular set of circumstances.
    Skill is the product of hours of practice; His reaction was the product of hunger and fatigue.
  4. (chemistry) A chemical substance formed as a result of a chemical reaction.
    This is a product of lime and nitric acid.
  5. (mathematics) A quantity obtained by multiplication of two or more numbers.
    The product of 2 and 3 is 6.
    The product of 2, 3, and 4 is 24.
  6. (category theory) categorical product
  7. 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.
    • 2002, Oonagh McDonald; Kevin Keasey, The future of retail banking in Europe, page 146:
      Product innovation is needed to meet changes in society and its requirements for particular types of banking product.
    • 2002, Veljko Milutinović; Frédéric Patricelli, E-business and e-challenges, page 133:
      This sort of relationship can improve quality of transportation and can help in negotiations between transportation providers and transportation product users.
    • 2006, Teresa Luckey; Joseph Phillips, Software project management for dummies, page 55:
      You can't create a stellar software product unless you know what it is supposed to do. You must work with the stakeholders to create the product scope.
  8. The outcome or 'thingness' of an activity, especially in contrast to a process by which it was created or altered.
    This product of last month's quality standards committee is quite good, even though the process was flawed.
  9. (US, slang) Illegal drugs, especially cocaine, when viewed as a commodity.
    I got some product here – you buying?

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  • 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.

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Noun[edit]

product n (plural producten, diminutive productje)

  1. product