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• The drug Cardizem is also known by its generic name of diltiazem
• Cut-price generic brands have stolen millions of customers from the big-name cigarettes.
• Smaller companies will increasingly share the generic market (= people buying generic products ) with bigger brand-name firms.
• The Video Software Dealers Association announced a funding mechanism for its planned generic campaign.
• The court ruled that `champagne' is not a generic word and that wine sold under that name had to be produced in the Champagne region of France.
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The new range of engines all had a generic problem with their fan blades.
The study found large variations in quality for both brand-name and generic drugs.
generic equivalents/versions »Generic versions of the drugs would surely be cheaper.
»generic goods/medications/products
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• The drug Cardizem is also known by its generic name of diltiazem
• Cut-price generic brands have stolen millions of customers from the big-name cigarettes.
• Smaller companies will increasingly share the generic market (= people buying generic products ) with bigger brand-name firms.
• The Video Software Dealers Association announced a funding mechanism for its planned generic campaign.
• The court ruled that `champagne' is not a generic word and that wine sold under that name had to be produced in the Champagne region of France.
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The new range of engines all had a generic problem with their fan blades.
The study found large variations in quality for both brand-name and generic drugs.
generic equivalents/versions »Generic versions of the drugs would surely be cheaper.
»generic goods/medications/products
a generic weakness in design — общая недоработка в дизайне
Is there a generic Asian mind? — Существует ли характерный азиатский способ мышления?
generic software that can run on a variety of machines — универсальное программное обеспечение, которое можно установить на различных моделях компьютеров
Acetaminophen is the generic form of the proprietary drug Tylenol.— Ацетаминофен является непатентованной формой запатентованного медицинского препарата Тайленол.
Generics are cheap since they have no name to advertise. — Немарочные товары дешевые, потому что нет возможности их рекламировать.
generic name - родовое название
generic term - общее обозначение
generic character - общий характер