name-brand

[neym-brand]

adjective

1. brand-name.

noun

1. brand name.

Word History and Origins

Origin of name-brand¹

First recorded in 1940–45

Example Sentences

Trade Representative Jamieson Greer suggested at the Economic Club of New York that the administration could add tariffs on generic drugs as well as name-brand medicines.

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The hardest part, consultants say, is ridding parents of the notion they must get their kid into a “name-brand” school.

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It’s true you will find $24,000 Eames lounge chairs at Los Angeles vintage stores, but it’s also possible to score name-brand furnishings for a lot less at local thrift stores.

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That would be a blow to name-brand viewership that no amount of station-hoarding could repair.

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Brown gives them a name-brand candidate with a history of bipartisan accomplishment in a largely red state.

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