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commercial off-the-shelf

Word Rarity Rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 3.96 in modern English

Syllables
com-mer-cial of-f-the-shelf
IPA
44
Scrabble Score
21
Letters
6
Syllables
12
Unique Chars

Meaning

adj

Of a system: manufactured commercially and then tailored for specific uses.

Questions

What does commercial off-the-shelf mean?
Of a system: manufactured commercially and then tailored for specific uses.

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