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ready meal

(also ready-meal)
 
 
noun [C] COMMERCE

Definition

a meal that you can buy from a supermarket that has already been prepared and cooked, so you only need to heat it: The store says chicken tikka is their second largest selling ready meal after lasagne.
(Definition of ready meal noun from the Cambridge Business English Dictionary © Cambridge University Press)

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