commodities offered for sale
"good business depends on having good merchandise"
"that store offers a variety of products"
an artifact that has been created by someone or some process
"they improve their product every year"
"they export most of their agricultural production"
a chemical substance formed as a result of a chemical reaction
"a product of lime and nitric acid"
a consequence of someone's efforts or of a particular set of circumstances
"skill is the product of hours of practice"
"his reaction was the product of hunger and fatigue"
the set of elements common to two or more sets
"the set of red hats is the intersection of the set of hats and the set of red things"
A commodity offered for sale.
"The new smartphone is the company's best-selling product of the year."
In plain English: A product is anything that is made or grown to be sold to people.
"The store sells many different products from around the world."
Usage: Use "product" to refer to any item manufactured or grown that is available for purchase, such as goods in a store or services delivered by a company. Avoid using it to describe the result of an action unless that result is something tangible created for sale.
To produce.
"The new factory will soon product enough energy to power the entire city."
"The company's new marketing strategy is intended to productively engage young customers."
Usage: Do not use "product" as a verb; it is only ever an adjective modifying nouns like product manager or product line. If you need to mean creating something, simply use the verb "produce."
The word product comes from the Latin prōductus, which means "brought forth." It entered English through Middle English and was first used specifically to describe a concept in mathematics.