branded

brand  (brnd)

n.

1.

a. A trademark or distinctive name identifying a product or a manufacturer.

b. A product line so identified: a popular brand of soap.

c. A distinctive category; a particular kind: a brand of comedy that I do not care for.

2. A mark indicating identity or ownership, burned on the hide of an animal with a hot iron.

3. A mark burned into the flesh of criminals.

4. A mark of disgrace or notoriety; a stigma. See Synonyms at stain.

5. A branding iron.

6. A piece of burning or charred wood.

7. A sword: "So flashed and fell the brand Excalibur" (Tennyson).

tr.v. brand·ed, brand·ing, brands

1. To mark with or as if with a hot iron. See Synonyms at mark¹.

2.

a. To mark to show ownership.

b. To provide with or publicize using a brand name.

3. To mark with disgrace or infamy; stigmatize.

4. To impress firmly; fix ineradicably: Imagery of the war has branded itself into the national consciousness.

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[Middle English, torch, from Old English; see g^wher- in Indo-European roots.]

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brander n.

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branded [ˈbrændɪd]

adj

(Business / Marketing) identifiable as being the product of a particular manufacturer or marketing company

Thesaurus

Adj.	1.	branded - (of goods and merchandise) marked or labeled by a distinctive word or symbol indicating exclusive rights; "branded merchandise is that bearing a standard brand name" proprietary - 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"
	2.	branded - marked with a brand; "branded cattle"; "branded criminal" unbranded - not marked with a brand; "unbranded cattle"

Translations

branded [ˈbrændɪd] adj (British) [product] → de marque
brand image n → image f de marque

branded [ˈbrændɪd] adj → di marca

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branded [ˈbrændɪd] adj → di marca