trade namen.
/ˈtreɪd neɪm/, U.S. /ˈtreɪd ˌneɪm/ 1. A name by which a thing or person is called in the specialist vocabulary (or jargon) of a particular trade or occupation.
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1821 Asiatic Jrnl. & Monthly Reg. Dec. 534/1 Bichos do mar. [Note] This article is better known by the trade name, ‘trepan’. They are sea-slugs or sea-cucumbers.
1832 Mechanics' Mag. 11 Aug. 319/2 To be a good reader (which I need not tell you, is the trade name for the corrector of the press), one must be a very clever fellow.
1858 P. L. Simmonds Dict. Trade Products Bosh,..a trade name for mixed or adulterated butter.
1905 Dundee Advertiser 15 July 6 The stem, to give the banana its trade name.
1970 Daily Colonist (Victoria, Brit. Columbia) 28 July 7/1 Demographics is a trade name for the composition of television audiences.
2006 L. D. Ryan & K. White Beginning Guitar i. 1 The trade name for a cheap instrument is a ‘Student Model’.
2. The name under which a business operates.
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society > occupation and work > business affairs > a business or company > [noun] > brand-name
trade name1840
label1895
brand-name1922
1840 Law Jrnl. Rep. 18 169/2 The trade name by which the defendant thought proper to instruct his agent to deal for him.
1865 H. Lewis Princ. Equity Drafting 320 The Defendants E. F. and K. L...intend to sell under the trade name or style of Plaintiff J. T. B. and Co.
1915 Northwestern Reporter 152 885/1 The name of a corporation has become established as the trade-name of another before its use as such by the corporation.
1967 Amer. Bar Assoc. Jrnl. 53 579/2 Carvel's obligation to control the quality of its trademarked product and the identity and image of its trade name.
2010 Lincoln (Nebraska) Jrnl. Star (Nexis) 7 July b1 Grieger..bought the trade name Lincoln Sawmill Partners, the name WRK used for its redevelopment agreement with the city.
3. The name assigned to a product or service by its manufacturer or provider, typically having the status of a trademark; a brand name.
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the mind > language > naming > name or appellation > [noun] > trade or proprietary name
corporate name1710
firm1744
trade name1890
proprietary name1898
proprietary term1915
brand-name1922
nameplate1972
banner1976
society > communication > indication > marking > marking to identify > mark of identification > [noun] > mark identifying goods
merchant mark1540
merchant's mark1557
shop mark1592
skin mark1703
brand1728
chop1828
trademark1839
tally1851
scribing1859
trade name1890
word mark1902
TM1961
UPC1974
countermark-
1890 Atlantic Reporter 18 416/1 The firm sought to select and establish a trade name for their coal.
1912 Times 18 Dec. 21/6 Under various trade names acetyl-cellulose is already a commercial article.
1971 Nature 15 Jan. 149/2 The drug, which goes under the trade name of Orap, is claimed to be a specific anti-psychotic which does not produce many of the adverse side reactions.
2010 Sunday Times 7 Nov. 8 Teflon is the trade name for polytetrafluoroethylene.
This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, December 2015; most recently modified version published online June 2022).
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