trade name

or trade·name (trād′nām′)

1. A name under which a product or service is marketed or under which a business operates.

2. A trademark.

American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, Fifth Edition. Copyright © 2016 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. Published by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. All rights reserved.

trade name

1. (Commerce) the name used by a trade to refer to a commodity, service, etc

2. (Commerce) the name under which a commercial enterprise operates in business

Collins English Dictionary – Complete and Unabridged, 12th Edition 2014 © HarperCollins Publishers 1991, 1994, 1998, 2000, 2003, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2011, 2014

trade′ name`

1. a word or phrase used in a trade to designate a business, service, or a particular class of goods.

2. a brand name.

3. the name or style under which a firm does business.

[1860–65]

trade name

trade name - A name with the status of a trademark.
trademark - A name, symbol, or other depiction identifying a product. The first trademarks were stamps and symbols used by ancient cultures to indicate who had made goods; a trade name is the name of the maker, not the product, but has the status of a trademark.
Ping-Pong - A trade name for table tennis, invented as an echoic term for the sound of the ball.
Sheetrock, drywall, wall board - Sheetrock is a trade name for drywall or wall board—pre-hardened plaster of Paris (gypsum) sold in large sheets and used as a wall surface in building construction.

ThesaurusAntonymsRelated WordsSynonymsLegend:

Noun

trade name - a name given to a product or service

brand, brand name, marque

Kinetoscope - a device invented by Edison that gave an impression of movement as an endless loop of film moved continuously over a light source with a rapid shutter; precursor of the modern motion picture

Lidocaine, Xylocaine - a local anesthetic (trade names Lidocaine and Xylocaine) used topically on the skin and mucous membranes

Polaroid - (trade mark) a plastic film that can polarize a beam of light; often used in sunglasses to eliminate glare

Tampax - tampon used to absorb menstrual flow

name - a language unit by which a person or thing is known; "his name really is George Washington"; "those are two names for the same thing"

recording label, label - trade name of a company that produces musical recordings; "the artists and repertoire department of a recording label is responsible for finding new talent"

Kaochlor, K-Dur 20, K-lor, Klorvess, K-lyte, potash muriate, potassium chloride, potassium muriate - salt of potassium (KCl) (trade names K-Dur 20, Kaochlor and K-lor and Klorvess and K-lyte); taken in tablet form to treat potassium deficiency

Simoniz - a brand of car polish

acebutolol, Sectral - an oral beta blocker (trade name Sectral) used in treating hypertension

alprazolam, Xanax - an antianxiety agent (trade name Xanax) of the benzodiazepine class

ampicillin, Polycillin, Principen, SK-Ampicillin - semisynthetic penicillin (trade names Principen and Polycillin and SK-Ampicillin)

amrinone, Inocor - a drug (trade name Inocor) used intravenously in heart failure; increases strength of contraction of myocardium

acetylsalicylic acid, aspirin, Bayer, Empirin, St. Joseph - the acetylated derivative of salicylic acid; used as an analgesic anti-inflammatory drug (trade names Bayer, Empirin, and St. Joseph) usually taken in tablet form; used as an antipyretic; slows clotting of the blood by poisoning platelets

cefadroxil, Ultracef - a cephalosporin antibiotic (trade name Ultracef)

Cefobid, cefoperazone - a parenteral cephalosporin (trade name Cefobid) used for severe infections

cefotaxime, Claforan - a parenteral cephalosporin (trade name Claforan) used for severe infections of the lungs or throat or ears or urinary tract

ceftazidime, Fortaz, Tazicef - a parenteral cephalosporin (trade names Fortaz and Tazicef) used to treat moderate infections

ceftriaxone, Rocephin - a parenteral cephalosporin (trade name Rocephin) used for severe infection of the lungs or throat or ears or urinary tract

Celebrex, celecoxib - a Cox-2 inhibitor (trade name Celebrex) that relieves pain and inflammation without harming the digestive tract

cephalexin, Keflex, Keflin, Keftab - an oral cephalosporin (trade names Keflex and Keflin and Keftab) commonly prescribe for mild to moderately severe infections of the skin or ears or throat or lungs or urinary tract

cephalosporin, Mefoxin - one of several broad spectrum antibiotic substances obtained from fungi and related to penicillin (trade names Mefoxin); addition of side chains has produced semisynthetic antibiotics with greater antibacterial activity

Baycol, cerivastatin - an oral drug (trade name Baycol) to reduce blood cholesterol levels

chlorambucil, Leukeran - an alkalating agent (trade name Leukeran) used to treat some kinds of cancer

chlordiazepoxide, Libritabs, Librium - a tranquilizer (trade names Librium and Libritabs) used in the treatment of alcoholism

chlorothiazide, Diuril - a diuretic drug (trade name Diuril) used in the treatment of edema and hypertension

chlorpheniramine maleate, Chlor-Trimeton, Coricidin - an antihistamine (trade names Coricidin and Chlor-Trimeton)

chlorpromazine, Thorazine - a drug (trade name Thorazine) derived from phenothiazine that has antipsychotic effects and is used as a sedative and tranquilizer

Aureomycin, chlortetracycline - a yellow crystalline antibiotic (trade name Aureomycin) used to treat certain bacterial and rickettsial diseases

cimetidine, Tagamet - a drug (trade name Tagamet) used to treat peptic ulcers by decreasing the secretion of stomach acid

Cipro, ciprofloxacin - an oral antibiotic (trade name Cipro) used against serious bacterial infections of the skin or respiratory tract or urinary tract or bones or joints

Atromid-S, clofibrate - a drug (trade name Atromid-S) that reduces lipids in the blood serum; used to treat some cardiovascular diseases

Clomid, clomiphene, clomiphene citrate - a fertility drug (trade name Clomid) that is used to stimulate ovulation and that has been associated with multiple births

Catapres, clonidine - an antihypertensive (trade name Catapres) that can be administered orally or via transdermal patches

Translations

trade name

n (of product) → nome m depositato, marca; (of a company) → ragione f sociale

Collins Italian Dictionary 1st Edition © HarperCollins Publishers 1995

Mentioned in

References in periodicals archive

At this point the anaesthetist is expected to recognise or identify the generic medication from the provided trade name, but with several hundred drugs and several thousand brand names registered in Australia, this is not always possible.

The ability of anaesthetists to identify generic medications from trade names

Since the firm's identity is a major investment, it is essential to check the governing rules of professional conduct when going forward with a name change or advancing a trade name or nickname.

What's in a name? The ethical aspects of surnames, trade names and nicknames

However, Cohen opines, "how one would determine what a market participant would pay for the Pepsi trade name is a tough question."

New fair value standards stress how, not just what: Financial Executives Research Foundation got opinions from users and preparers of financial statements on whether measuring assets and liabilities at fair value--rather than historical cost--provides users with more relevant information for decision-making

It's common for accounting firm alliances to use a shared trade name; otherwise, the marketing synergies--one of the key reasons to form an alliance--would be diminished.

Liability for someone else's sins: the risks of accounting firm alliances: protect your firm from vicarious liability

Volkswagen, including its Audi unit, has agreed with DaimlerChrysler to use the Bluetec trade name and urea-Selective Catalytic Reduction system developed by Mercedes and Bosch.

German automakers band together to push diesels in the United States

The IRS also referred to the large volume of litigation concerning the infringement of registered marks and trade names, which is generally based on the premise that each trademark or trade name is unique and of importance to the promotion of the goods, services, or enterprises represented.

New TAM highlights issues in like-kind exchanges involving intangibles

Pharmacopeia have described prescriptions that have been "incorrectly written, interpreted, labeled, and/or filled due to the similarity" between the two trade names, according to a "Dear Health Care Provider" letter issued by Janssen.

Rx mix-ups prompt Reminyl name change

The Court observed that, under the TRIPs Agreement, where the proprietor of a trade name has a right which arose prior to the trade mark with which it is alleged to conflict, the use of that trade name cannot be prohibited.

BEER: ECJ CLARIFIES INTERPRETATION OF EXCLUSIVE RIGHTS CONFERRED BY BUDWEISER TRADE MARK

(2) Can the trade name of a company also act as a sign for goods and services within the meaning of Article 16(1) of the TRIPs Agreement, and if yes, under what conditions?

In EC 234 referral from Finnish Supreme Court in trademark litigation between Anheuser-Busch and Czech brewers, European Court of Justice advises that TRIPS Agreement applies to case, that a trade name may constitute "sign" under EU Directive and amounts to intellectual property under TRIPS

Stephen Burrows, president and chief executive of A-B International, conceded that the Japanese court's action last week allows Budvar to continue using the Budejovicky Budvar trademark along with its trade name "Budweiser Budvar N.C.," which is used similar to Anheuser-Busch's name at the bottom of the label.

A-B and Budvar both claim victory in Japan

The EU is to protect Rye Whisky as a distinctive Canadian trade name.

No more Canadian Chianti

Techmer masterbatches supplied by Ciba will carry the Techsperse trade name and Ciba masterbatches supplied by Techmer will carry Ciba trade names.

Ciba & Techmer cooperate in masterbatches