product
/ˈprɒdʌkt/ nounDefinition
› [C or U] PRODUCTION something that is manufactured or grown to be sold, usually in large quantities: sell/launch/withdraw a product The manufacturers had to withdraw the product because of a design fault. We aim to develop more quality products over the coming year. oil/steel products agricultural/dairy products
› [C] FINANCE a service that customers can buy from a financial organization to invest or save money: financial/insurance/investment, etc. product Improvement of the bank's financial product range formed part of the takeover bid.
› [U] COMMERCE something that is available for sale: They took all products containing the chemical off the shelves. Large companies usually offer small retailers a deal where they only pay for the product sold during an agreed period. → See also augmented product, by-product, commercial product, commodity product, consumer products, copycat adjective, core adjective, derivative product, differentiated, end product, entry-level, financial product, generic product, gross product, high-end, home product, household product, industrial adjective, insurance product, investment product, low-end adjective, me-too, proprietary, substitute product
(Definition of product noun from the Cambridge Business English Dictionary
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