product

Meanings

1. 1
   noun

   an artifact that has been created by someone or some process

   they improve their product every year

2. 2
   noun

   a quantity obtained by multiplication

   the product of 2 and 3 is 6

3. 3
   noun

   a consequence of someone's efforts or of a particular set of circumstances

   skill is the product of hours of practice

4. 4
   noun

   a chemical substance formed as a result of a chemical reaction

   a product of lime and nitric acid

5. 5
   noun

   Anything that is produced; a result.

   The product of last month's quality standards committee is quite good, even though the process was flawed.

6. 6
   noun

   A commodity offered for sale.

   That store offers a variety of products.  We've got to sell a lot of product by the end of the month.

7. 7
   noun

   Ellipsis of beauty product: any preparation to be applied to the hair, skin, nails, etc. Often specifically a preparation used to hold one's hair in a desired arrangement.

   Wash excess product out of your hair.

8. 8
   verb

   To produce.

   The probate of a Testament is the producting and insinuating of it before the Ecclesiastical Judge […]

Etymology

Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *per-der.? Proto-Indo-European *per-der.? Proto-Indo-European *pér Proto-Indo-European *-o Proto-Indo-European *pró Proto-Indo-European *pro- Proto-Italic *pro- Latin prō- Proto-Indo-European *dewk- Proto-Indo-European *déwkti Proto-Italic *doukō Latin dūcō Latin prōdūcō Latin prōductusder. Middle English product English product From Middle English product, from Latin prōductus, perfect participle of prōdūcō, first attested in English in the mathematics sense.