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Chiefly in commercial use: designating a manufactured product that is lighter (in weight, calorie content, etc.) than the ordinary variety, esp…
Designating food or drink products designed to have a lower calorie content than the standard product. Cf. lite, adj.2 2.
Used attributively or absol. to designate a type of light beer brewed in Tsingtao.