Security Definition–noun | 1. | freedom from danger, risk, etc.; safety. |
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m from care, anxiety, or doubt; well-founded confidence. |
| 3. | something that secures or makes safe; protection; defense. |
| 4. | freedom from financial cares or from want: The insurance policy gave the family security. |
| 5. | precautions taken to guard against crime, attack, sabotage, espionage, etc.: The senator claimed security was lax and potential enemies know our plans. |
| 6. | a department or organization responsible for protection or safety: He called security when he spotted the intruder. |
| 7. | protection or precautions taken against escape; custody: The dangerous criminal was placed under maximum security. |
| 8. | an assurance; guarantee. |
| 9. | Law. | a. | something given or deposited as surety for the fulfillment of a promise or an obligation, the payment of a debt, etc. |
| b. | one who becomes surety for another. |
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| 10. | an evidence of debt or of property, as a bond or a certificate of stock. |
| 11. | Usually, securities. stocks and bonds. |
| 12. | Archaic. overconfidence; cockiness. |
–adjective | 13. | of, pertaining to, or serving as security: The company has instituted stricter security measures. |
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Product Definition–noun | 1. | a thing produced by labor: products of farm and factory; the product of his thought. |
| 2. | a person or thing produced by or resulting from a process, as a natural, social, or historical one; result: He is a product of his time. |
| 3. | the totality of goods or services that a company makes available; output: a decrease in product during the past year. |
| 4. | Chemistry. a substance obtained from another substance through chemical change. |
| 5. | Mathematics. | a. | the result obtained by multiplying two or more quantities together. |
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