PROPRIETARY
proprietary
(adjective) protected by trademark or patent or copyright; made or produced or distributed by one having exclusive rights; “‘Tylenol’ is a proprietary drug of which ‘acetaminophen’ is the generic form”
proprietorship, proprietary
(noun) an unincorporated business owned by a single person who is responsible for its liabilities and entitled to its profits
Source: WordNet® 3.1
Etymology
Adjective
proprietary (comparative more proprietary, superlative most proprietary)
Of or relating to property or ownership.
Owning something; having ownership.
Created or manufactured exclusively by the owner of intellectual property rights, as with a patent or trade secret.
Nonstandard and controlled by one particular organization.
Privately owned.
(of a, person) Possessive, jealous, or territorial.
Noun
proprietary (plural proprietaries)
A proprietor or owner.
A body of proprietors, taken collectively.
The rights of a proprietor.
A monk who had reserved goods and belongings to himself, notwithstanding his renunciation of all at the time of profession.
Source: Wiktionary
Pro*pri"e*ta*ry, n.; pl. Proprietaries. Etym: [L. proprietarius: cf. F. propriétaire. See Propriety, and cf. Proprietor.]
1. A proprietor or owner; one who has exclusive title to a thing; one who possesses, or holds the title to, a thing in his own right. Fuller.
2. A body proprietors, taken collectively.
3. (Eccl.)
Definition: A monk who had reserved goods and effects to himself, notwithstanding his renunciation of all at the time of profession.
Pro*pri"e*ta*ry, a. Etym: [L. proprietarius.]
Definition: Belonging, or pertaining, to a proprietor; considered as property; owned; as, proprietary medicine. Proprietary articles, manufactured articles which some person or persons have exclusive right to make and sell. U. S. Statutes.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
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