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Proprietary

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Noun

1. proprietary, proprietorship

an unincorporated business owned by a single person who is responsible for its liabilities and entitled to its profits

Adjective

2. proprietary

protected by trademark or patent or copyright; made or produced or distributed by one having exclusive rights

Example Sentences:
'Tylenol' is a proprietary drug of which acetaminophen' is the generic form'

WordNet Lexical Database for English. Princeton University. 2010.

Proprietary

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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)
noun 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

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Proprietary

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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

Webster’s New World College Dictionary, 4th Edition. Copyright © 2010 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt. All rights reserved.

Proprietary

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adj.
1. Of or relating to a proprietor or to ownership: had proprietary rights.
2. Privately owned, as a business: 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 or group of proprietors.
2. Ownership; proprietorship.
3. A proprietary medicine.
4. One granted ownership of a proprietary colony.

The American Heritage ® Dictionary of the English Language, Fifth Edition copyright ©2018 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. All rights reserved.

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