Proprietary
adjective
1.
belonging to a proprietor.
2.
being a proprietor; holding property:
the proprietary class.
3.
pertaining to property or ownership:
proprietary wealth.
4.
belonging or controlled as property.
5.
manufactured and sold only by the owner of the patent, formula, brand name, or trademark associated with the product:
proprietary medicine.
6.
privately owned and operated for profit:
proprietary hospitals.
noun, plural proprietaries.
7.
an owner or proprietor.
8.
a body of proprietors.
9.
American History. the grantee or owner, or one of the grantees or owners, of a proprietary colony.
10.
ownership.
11.
something owned, especially real estate.
12.
a proprietary medicine.
13.
Also called proprietary school. a school organized as a profit-making venture primarily to teach vocational skills or self-improvement techniques.
adjective
1.
of, relating to, or belonging to property or proprietors
2.
privately owned and controlled
3.
(med) of or denoting a drug or agent manufactured and distributed under a trade name Compare ethical (sense 3)
noun (pl) -taries
4.
(med) a proprietary drug or agent
5.
a proprietor or proprietors collectively
6.
right to property
property owned
7.
Also called lord proprietary. (in Colonial America) an owner, governor, or grantee of a proprietary colony
proprietary pro·pri·e·tar·y (prə-prī’ĭ-těr’ē)
adj.
Exclusively owned, as of a hospital.
Owned by an individual or corporation under a trademark or patent, as of a drug.
n.
A proprietary medicine.
1. In marketroid-speak, superior; implies a product imbued with exclusive magic by the unmatched brilliance of the company’s own hardware or software designers.
2. In the language of hackers and users, inferior; implies a product not conforming to open-systems standards, and thus one that puts the customer at the mercy of a vendor who can inflate service and upgrade charges after the initial sale has locked the customer in.
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proprietary medicine n. A medicinal compound whose formula and often mode of manufacture are owned by an individual or a corporation under a trademark or patent.
- Proprietary name
noun 1. a name that is a trademark noun the registered and trademarked name of a product or service which is not usable by others without permission; the exclusive name of a trademarked product or service proprietary name n. The patented brand name or trademark under which a manufacturer markets a product.
- Proprietor
noun 1. the owner of a business establishment, a hotel, etc. 2. a person who has the exclusive right or title to something; an owner, as of real property. 3. a group of proprietors; proprietary. noun 1. an owner of an unincorporated business enterprise 2. a person enjoying exclusive right of ownership to some property […]