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nonproduct en · NOUN

Etymology

Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *né Proto-Germanic *ne Proto-Indo-European *ís? Proto-Indo-European *h₁óynos Proto-Germanic *ainaz Proto-Germanic *nainaz Proto-West Germanic *nain Old English nān Middle English non ▲ Old English nān Old English nān- Middle English non- English non- 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 English nonproduct From non- + product.

Meanings

1. That which is not a product.
   • Find as many specific examples as you can of nonproducts which are being marketed (nonproducts such as a city, a museum, a police department, a school bond issue, a political candidate, and the like). 1972, James F. Casey, Robert F. Hartley, Marketing fundamentals for responsive management, page 21:

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