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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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   What does proprietary mean?

   • 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.

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   What is the difference between proprietary and proprietary?

   • 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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   What is a proprietary product?

   • 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.

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   What does property mean?

   • Get a quick, free translation! PROPRIETARY meaning: 1. relating to owning something, or relating to or like an owner: 2. Proprietary goods are made…. Learn more.

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   proprietary: [adjective] of, relating to, or characteristic of an owner or title holder.

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   Proprietary definition: belonging to a proprietor. . See examples of PROPRIETARY used in a sentence.

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   Define proprietary. proprietary synonyms, proprietary pronunciation, proprietary translation, English dictionary definition of proprietary. adj. 1. Of or relating to a proprietor or to ownership: had proprietary rights.

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   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.