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proprietary
[ pruh-prahy-i-ter-ee ]
adjective
- belonging to a proprietor.
- being a proprietor; holding property:
the proprietary class.
- pertaining to property or ownership:
proprietary wealth.
- belonging or controlled as property.
- (of a brand name, product, service, formula, etc.) protected by a patent, copyright, or trademark:
proprietary drugs; a proprietary name; a proprietary logo; a proprietary blend of ingredients.
- privately owned and operated for profit:
proprietary hospitals.
noun
- an owner or proprietor.
- a body of proprietors.
- American History. the grantee or owner, or one of the grantees or owners, of a proprietary colony.
- something owned, especially real estate.
- a proprietary medicine.
- Also called proprietary school. a school organized as a profit-making venture primarily to teach vocational skills or self-improvement techniques.
proprietary
/ prəˈpraɪɪtərɪ; -trɪ /
adjective
- of, relating to, or belonging to property or proprietors
- privately owned and controlled
- med of or denoting a drug or agent manufactured and distributed under a trade name Compare ethical
noun
- med a proprietary drug or agent
- a proprietor or proprietors collectively
- right to property
- property owned
- Also calledlord proprietary (in Colonial America) an owner, governor, or grantee of a proprietary colony
Derived Forms
- proˈprietarily, adverb
Other Words From
- pro·pri·e·tar·i·ly [pr, uh, -prahy-i-, tair, -i-lee, -, prahy, -i-ter-], adverb
- nonpro·prie·tary adjective noun plural nonproprietaries
Word History and Origins
Origin of proprietary1
Word History and Origins
Origin of proprietary1
Example Sentences
This realizes what Joan Didion describes in her 2000 New Yorker essay about the “unusual bonding” and “proprietary intimacy” Stewart creates with us — her people, her consumers, her devourers.
Some of the flavors and ingredients Starbucks is adding also seem to be more niche and add more complexity to operations, like olive oil, lavender, and proprietary chili powder mix in the ‘swicy’ lemonade Refreshers.”
“We do not condone the misuse of proprietary confidential information, and thoroughly investigate any reports of employees doing so and take action, which may include termination,” an Amazon spokesperson told Business Insider.
“Because of high prices and proprietary technology that can only be repaired by a dealer, new agricultural technologies are often out of reach for young and beginning farmers.”
And there’s no time like the present to visit the Brooklyn Museum’s “Porcelains in the Mist: The Kondo Family of Ceramicists,” which focuses on a proprietary glazing technique that uses silver droplets.
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