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product
noun [ countable ] something that is made or produced in large quantities, usually in order to be sold:
• consumer products such as mobile phones • dairy products
goods
noun [ plural ] things that are produced in order to be sold, especially for use in the home:
• They sell furniture and other household goods . • electrical goods • white goods (= large electrical goods used in the home such as washing machines and refrigerators )
commodity
noun [ countable ] formal a type of product or raw material that can be bought and sold – used especially about basic food products, metals, and fuels:
• The decline in prices for agricultural commodities made the economic situation worse. • All metal was a valuable commodity and was rarely wasted.
merchandise
noun [ uncountable ] formal things that are being sold, especially in shops:
• Customers are not allowed to handle the merchandise. • Sales of books, videos, and other merchandise have increased.
wares
noun [ plural ] written things that are offered for sale, especially in a market or on the street:
• In the market, the traders began selling their wares. • Merchants brought their wares from all over the world.
export
noun [ countable often plural ] a product that is sent to a foreign country in order to be sold:
• US exports rose to $11.935 billion. • At the moment, oil is their biggest export.
import
noun [ countable often plural ] goods that are brought from one country into another to be sold there:
• The UK clothing industry cannot compete with foreign imports on price.
Longman-Thesaurus
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noun sth that is made or formed ADJ. good, right We have a good product, but it needs to be marketed better. the right product in the right place at the right time | innovative | quality | everyday | natural | manufactured | finished the manufacture of chocolate from cocoa bean to the finished product | commercial, consumer | household, industrial everyday household products | waste | agricultural, cereal, dairy, food, meat | pharmaceutical | software | beauty VERB + PRODUCT buy | sell | market, promote | develop | launch PRODUCT + NOUN area, category, group, line, range, sector, type | design | development | package | price | quality PHRASES a range of products a wide range of beauty productsBUSINESS result ADJ. end, final A complicated string of chemical reactions leads to the end product. | natural PREP. ~ of Like many of his generation, he was a product of Scotland's obsession with football.
Oxford Collocations Dictionary
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product
ADJECTIVES/NOUN + product
a commercial product
• They help firms turn good ideas into commercial products.
a consumer product
(= one that is bought by the public )
• Demand for consumer products has increased.
household products
• Do you know what chemicals are in household products such as washing powder and paint?
beauty/hair products
• She doesn’t buy beauty products that have been tested on animals.
dairy/milk products
• Some people are allergic to dairy products.
meat products
• meat products like sausages, pies and burgers
the finished product
• The quality of the finished product is all-important.
product + NOUN
product development
• The money will be used to fund product development.
a product range/line
(= the range of things that a company makes and sells )
• We want to broaden the company’s product line.
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