proprietary

pro·pri·e·tar·y  (pr-pr-tr)

adj.

1. Of, relating to, or suggestive of a proprietor or to proprietors as a group: had proprietary rights; behaved with a proprietary air in his friend's house.

2. Exclusively owned; private: a proprietary hospital.

3. Owned by a private individual or corporation under a trademark or patent: a proprietary drug.

n. pl. pro·pri·e·tar·ies

1. A proprietor.

2. A group of proprietors.

3. Ownership; proprietorship.

4. A proprietary medicine.

5. One granted ownership of a proprietary colony.

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[From Middle English proprietarie, owner of property, from Old French proprietaire and from Medieval Latin proprietrius, both from Late Latin, of a property owner, from Latin propriets, ownership; see property.]

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pro·prie·tari·ly adv.

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proprietary [prəˈpraɪɪtərɪ -trɪ]

adj

1. (Business / Commerce) of, relating to, or belonging to property or proprietors

2. privately owned and controlled

3. (Medicine / Pharmacology) Med of or denoting a drug or agent manufactured and distributed under a trade name Compare ethical [3]

n pl -taries

1. (Medicine / Pharmacology) Med a proprietary drug or agent

2. (Business / Commerce) a proprietor or proprietors collectively

3. (Business / Commerce)

a.  right to property

b.  property owned

4. (Historical Terms) Also called lord proprietary (in Colonial America) an owner, governor, or grantee of a proprietary colony

[from Late Latin proprietārius an owner, from proprius one's own]

proprietarily  adv

Thesaurus

Noun	1.	proprietary - an unincorporated business owned by a single person who is responsible for its liabilities and entitled to its profits proprietorship ownership - the relation of an owner to the thing possessed; possession with the right to transfer possession to others
Adj.	1.	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" nonproprietary - not protected by trademark or patent or copyright; "nonproprietary products are in the public domain and anyone can produce or distribute them"

Translations

proprietary [prəˈpraɪətərɪ]

A. ADJ → propietario (Comm) → patentado

B. CPD proprietary brand N → marca f comercial
proprietary goods NPL → artículos mpl de marca
proprietary interest N → interés m patrimonial
proprietary name N → nombre m propietario

proprietary [prəˈpraɪətəri] adj

[software, information, technology] → propriétaire

(= proprietorial) [attitude] → possessif/ive
proprietary brand n → marque f propriétaire

proprietary

adj class → besitzend; attitude, manner → besitzergreifend; proprietary rights → Besitzrecht nt; proprietary article/name → Markenartikel/-name m; proprietary drug → Markenpräparat nt; the author has rather strong proprietary feelings about his work → der Autor sieht sein Werk als persönlichen Besitz an

proprietary [prəˈpraɪət/ərɪ] adj (Comm) proprietary article → prodotto con marchio depositato
proprietary brand → marchio di fabbrica
proprietary medicine → specialità farmaceutica
proprietary name → nome depositato or registrato

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proprietary [prəˈpraɪət/ərɪ] adj (Comm) proprietary article → prodotto con marchio depositato
proprietary brand → marchio di fabbrica
proprietary medicine → specialità farmaceutica
proprietary name → nome depositato or registrato