product

(prŏd'əkt)
n.

1. Something produced by human or mechanical effort or by a natural process.
2. A direct result; a consequence: "Is history the product of impersonal social and economic forces?" (Anthony Lewis).
3. Chemistry. A substance resulting from a chemical reaction.
4. Mathematics.
   1. The number or quantity obtained by multiplying two or more numbers together.
   2. A scalar product.
   3. A vector product.

[Middle English, result of multiplication, produced, from Medieval Latin prōductum, result of multiplication, from neuter past participle of Latin prōdūcere, to bring forth. See produce.]

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Merchandise sold by periodical publishers that is incidental to the publication itself, such as back issue binders, calendars, tote bags, and books.

Item emerging from a single production process that has a relatively low sales value in comparison with the firm's main or joint products. Examples of by-products are sawdust or wood chips in lumber mill operations. Because the relative value of by-products is not very important, it is usually considered undesirable to use a refined accounting method in dealing with by-product costs. Generally, the sales value of by-products is used to reduce the cost of the main products.
An alternative accounting approach is to treat the sales value of the by-products as "other revenue."

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noun

Something produced by human effort: production. See make/unmake.

n

Definition: result or goods created
Antonyms: cause, resource

1. (in biochemistry and chemistry) something formed in a reaction.
2. (in mathematics) the result of multiplying together two or more numbers, quantities, or expressions.

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For a list of words related to product, see:

• Quantities, Relationships, and Operations - product: result of multiplication
• Substances, Particles, and Atomic Architecture - product: new substance formed by chemical reaction
• Performance, Airplay, and the Recording Industry - product: record or tape to be sold; music in general
• Movie People and Show Business - product: film idea, script, novel, or completed film

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Dansk (Danish)
n. - produkt, resultat

Nederlands (Dutch)
product, opbrengst, uitkomst van een vermenigvuldiging, resultaat

Français (French)
n. - produit, produit de, résultat, (Math) produit

Deutsch (German)
n. - Produkt, Erzeugnis, Produktion

Ελληνική (Greek)
n. - προϊόν, αποτέλεσμα, (μαθημ.) γινόμενο, (χημ.) παράγωγο

Italiano (Italian)
prodotto

Português (Portuguese)
n. - produto (m)

Русский (Russian)
продукт, изделие, результат, произведение

Español (Spanish)
n. - producto, producción, resultado

Svenska (Swedish)
n. - vara, alster, verk, frukt, produkt

中文（简体）(Chinese (Simplified))
产品, 成绩, 结果

中文（繁體）(Chinese (Traditional))
n. - 產品, 成績, 結果

한국어 (Korean)
n. - 산물, 생산품

日本語 (Japanese)
n. - 産物, 製品, 作品, 結果, 生成物, 積, 生産物, 物産

idioms:

• product recall    商品のリコール

العربيه (Arabic)
‏(الاسم) حاصل الضرب, نتاج‏

עברית (Hebrew)
n. - ‮מוצר, תוצרת, תוצר, תולדה, תוצאה, פרי-יצירה, מכפלה‬

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