wraparound
adj.— «He has also developed what he calls wraparound service, wherein Brooklyn Union owns the gas-fueled heating and cooling facilities in large installations and sells their outpupt.» —“‘We Had To Get More Sophisticated'” by James Cook Forbes Mar. 20, 1989. (source: Double-Tongued Dictionary)
Further reading
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