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proprietary

(prəpraɪətri, US -teri)
1. adjective [ADJECTIVE noun]
Proprietary substances or products are sold under a trade name.
[formal]
...some proprietary brands of dog food.
We had to take action to protect the proprietary technology.
2. adjective [usually ADJECTIVE noun]
If someone has a proprietary attitude towards something, they act as though they own it.
[formal]
Directors weren't allowed any proprietary airs about the product they made.

proprietary in British English

(prəˈpraɪɪtərɪ, -trɪ)
adjective
1. 
of, relating to, or belonging to property or proprietors
2. 
privately owned and controlled
3.  medicine
of or denoting a drug or agent manufactured and distributed under a trade name
Compare ethical (sense 3)
nounWord forms: plural -taries
4.  medicine
a proprietary drug or agent
5. 
a proprietor or proprietors collectively
6. 
a. 
right to property
b. 
property owned
7.  Also called: lord proprietary
(in Colonial America) an owner, governor, or grantee of a proprietary colony
Derived forms
proprietarily (proˈprietarily)
adverb
Word origin
C15: from Late Latin proprietārius an owner, from proprius one's own

proprietary in American English

(prəˈpraɪəˌtɛri; proʊˈpraɪəˌtɛri)
nounWord forms: plural proˈprieˌtaries
1. 
a proprietor or owner
2. 
a group of proprietors
3. 
proprietorship or ownership
4.  US
the grantee or owner of a proprietary colony in colonial America
5. 
a proprietary medicine
adjective
6. 
belonging to a proprietor
7. 
holding property
8. 
of property or proprietorship
9. 
privately owned and operated
a proprietary nursing home
10. 
held under patent, trademark, or copyright by a private person or company
a proprietary medicine
Word origin
LL proprietarius < L proprietas: see property

proprietary in the Pharmaceutical Industry 1

(prəpraɪətɛri)
adjective
(Pharmaceutical: Drugs)
Proprietary drugs or other substances are distributed and sold with a brand name.
The brand name of a proprietary drug is protected by a trademark.
A generic drug is a copy of a proprietary drug (one with a brand name).
Proprietary drugs or other substances are distributed and sold with a brand name.

proprietary in the Pharmaceutical Industry 2

(prəpraɪətɛri)
Word forms: (plural) proprietaries
noun
(Pharmaceutical: Drugs)
A proprietary is a drug or other substance distributed and sold with a brand name.
A proprietary with a brand name may be more expensive than a generic drug.
A generic may also exist as a branded drug, or proprietary.
A proprietary is a drug or other substance distributed and sold with a brand name.

Examples of 'proprietary' in a sentence
proprietary

With proprietary software this certainly isn’t possible.
Computing (2010)
There is also a lack of senior management support for the technology, and a lack of choice compared with proprietary software.
Computing (2010)
There might also in some circumstances be a proprietary claim.
Times, Sunday Times (2014)
The defendants disputed that any proprietary claim existed.
Times, Sunday Times (2013)
That is because it too has proprietary technology for which there is no substitute.
Geoffrey A. Moore LIVING ON THE FAULT LINE, REVISED EDITION (2002)
It sought the variation both on the basis that it had a proprietary claim and as a bona fide judgment creditor.
Times, Sunday Times (2008)
It seemed clear that a copyright owner did not have a proprietary claim to the fruits of an infringement of copyright.
Times, Sunday Times (2013)
The Chinese group said it had full proprietary intellectual property rights.
Times, Sunday Times (2014)
Some software gurus deem it to be a crafty way of getting people locked in to proprietary systems that will become more costly over time.
Times, Sunday Times (2009)

In other languages
proprietary

British English: proprietary ADJECTIVE
Proprietary substances or products are sold under a trade name.
...some proprietary brands of dog food.
  • American English: proprietary
  • Brazilian Portuguese: proprietário
  • Chinese: 品牌专卖的
  • European Spanish: patentado
  • French: de marque
  • German: Marken-
  • Italian: proprietario
  • Japanese: 登録商標をもつ
  • Korean: 전매 상표가 붙은
  • European Portuguese: proprietário
  • Latin American Spanish: patentado

All related terms of 'proprietary'

lord proprietary
(in Colonial America) an owner, governor , or grantee of a proprietary colony
proprietary brand
a brand of product that is privately owned and controlled
proprietary colony
any of various colonies , granted by the Crown in the 17th century to a person or group of people with full governing rights
proprietary name
a name that is a trademark
proprietary rights
rights of ownership
proprietary medicine
a drug or agent manufactured and distributed under a trade name
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