proprietary
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Etymology [edit]
From French propriétaire, from Latin proprietarius. Compare with the Latin proprietas (“property”), and proprius (“ownership”).
Pronunciation [edit]
Adjective [edit]
proprietary (comparative more proprietary, superlative most proprietary)
- Of or relating to property or ownership, as proprietary rights.
- Of or relating to the quality of being an owner, as the proprietary class.
- Manufactured exclusively by the owner of intellectual property rights, as with a patent or trade secret.
- The continuous profitability of the company is based on its many proprietary products.
- Privately owned, as a proprietary lake.
- (of a person) Possessive, jealous, or territorial.
Translations [edit]
relating to property or ownership
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of or relating to the quality of being an owner
manufactured exclusively by the IPR owner
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privately owned
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Noun [edit]
proprietary (plural proprietaries)
- A proprietor or owner.
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- A body of proprietors, taken collectively.
- A monk who had reserved goods and belongings to himself, notwithstanding his renunciation of all at the time of profession.
