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   Pro·pri·e·tar·y

   /p(r)əˈprīəˌterē/

   

   adjective

   • 1. relating to an owner or ownership: "the company has a proprietary right to the property"
   • ▪ (of a product) marketed under and protected by a registered trade name: "proprietary brands of insecticide"
   • ▪ behaving as if one were the owner of someone or something: "he looked about him with a proprietary air"

   noun

   • 1. an owner; proprietor.
   • ▪ especially in North America, a grantee or owner of a colony who has been granted, as an individual or as part of a group, the full rights of self-government.

   Word Origin late Middle English (as a noun denoting a member of a religious order who held property): from late Latin proprietarius ‘proprietor’, from proprietas (see property).

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   • Other forms: proprietaries; proprietarily If you own something, especially something of value, then you have proprietary rights. The word is most often used in relation to new inventions or patents. Proprietary refers to property: things that are owned by individuals or businesses.

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