product

[prod-uhkt, -uhkt]

noun

1. a thing produced by labor.

   products of farm and factory;

   the product of his thought.

2. a person or thing produced by or resulting from a process, as a natural, social, or historical one; result.

   He is a product of his time.

3. the totality of goods or services that a company makes available; output.

   a decrease in product during the past year.

4. Chemistry.,  a substance obtained from another substance through chemical change.

5. Mathematics.

   1. the result obtained by multiplying two or more quantities together.

   2. intersection.

product

/ ˈprɒdʌkt /

noun

1. something produced by effort, or some mechanical or industrial process

2. the result of some natural process

3. a result or consequence

4. a substance formed in a chemical reaction

5. any substance used to style hair, such as gel, wax, mousse, or hairspray

6. maths

   1. the result of the multiplication of two or more numbers, quantities, etc

   2. Also called: set product. another name for intersection

7. See Cartesian product

product

1. A number or quantity obtained by multiplication. For example, the product of 3 and 7 is 21.

Other Word Forms

• multiproduct adjective
• subproduct noun

Word History and Origins

Origin of product¹

First recorded in 1400–50; late Middle English, from Latin prōductum “(thing) produced,” neuter of past participle of prōdūcere “to lead forward”; produce

Word History and Origins

Origin of product¹

C15: from Latin prōductum (something) produced, from prōdūcere to bring forth

Example Sentences

The EU is the UK's most important export destination for steel, worth nearly £3bn and representing 78% of steel products made in the UK for overseas markets.

From BBC

As manufacturing-based industries automate the production of things like paper products, there are far fewer jobs available, making each one highly competitive.

From Salon

Megan Wyatt is the owner of a toy shop in Granite Bay, California, which gets roughly 80% of its products from China.

From BBC

Do you think that a deal that cut consumer prices for a company’s most popular products would really produce a stock market gain?

From Los Angeles Times

While the new fees are often already baked into product prices, some goods land in America without the tariffs being paid.

From Los Angeles Times

Related Words

• amount 
• brand 
• commodity 
• crop 
• device 
• fruit 
• merchandise 
• output 
• produce 
• production 
• profit 
• stock 
• work