loose

/luːs/ adjective

Definition

› not tightly held together or to anything else: According to research, sales of tea bags, loose tea and instant tea have all declined.

loose adverb › His customers preferred the vegetables to be sold loose, so that they could choose the ones they wanted.

(Definition of loose adjective from the Cambridge Business English Dictionary © Cambridge University Press)

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