"product" as non-manufactured

[Benjamin Barrett]

Although I agree it sounds like business-speak, I would think this comes
from law not sales. Black's includes a reference but it isn't dated.

Benjamin Barrett
gogaku at ix.netcom.com

------Original Message-----
-Does anyone have a date, place or other source for when "product"
-grew out of its "manufactured physical object" meaning and started
-to be used for financial plans, share portfolio strategies,
-mortgages, health plans and so on? It sounds like management/
-sales-speak.
-
-Roly Sussex
-The University of Queensland