The Volcker Rule, a component of the far-reaching Dodd-Frank law, required large banks to cut back on proprietary trading.
That data is available only to publishers through their vendors and is proprietary unless released to the public.
Nor did Microsoft transform its proprietary operating system into open-source code.
The company created customized mixtapes at the point-of-sale with its own proprietary technology.
The CleanTech Open Global Forum, where they won the National Sustainability award in 2013, has lauded his proprietary system.
He always said "your Bible," as if church members held a proprietary right.
"My daughters," said Olivo, turning to Casanova with a proprietary air.
It will readily be seen how advantageous these proprietary rights must have been to the wife.
The proprietary interest which she had always felt in him was more than ever hers now.
"I have a plan for her," said Harold, with a proprietary air.
mid-15c., "possessing worldly goods in excess of a cleric's needs," from Medieval Latin proprietarius "owner of property," noun use of Late Latin adjective proprietarius "of a property holder," from Latin proprietas "owner" (see property). Meaning "held in private ownership" is first attested 1580s. The word was used earlier in English as a noun meaning "proprietor," also "worldly person" (c.1400), from a noun use in French and Medieval Latin.
proprietary pro·pri·e·tar·y (prə-prī'ĭ-těr'ē)
adj.
Exclusively owned, as of a hospital.
Owned by an individual or corporation under a trademark or patent, as of a drug.
