proprietary

[ pruh-prahy-i-ter-ee ]

/ prəˈpraɪ ɪˌtɛr i /

adjective

belonging to a proprietor.

being a proprietor; holding property: the proprietary class.

pertaining to property or ownership: proprietary wealth.

belonging or controlled as property.

(of a brand name, product, service, formula, etc.) protected by a patent, copyright, or trademark: proprietary drugs; a proprietary name; a proprietary logo; a proprietary blend of ingredients.

privately owned and operated for profit: proprietary hospitals.

noun, plural pro·pri·e·tar·ies.

an owner or proprietor.

a body of proprietors.

American History. the grantee or owner, or one of the grantees or owners, of a proprietary colony.

ownership.

something owned, especially real estate.

a proprietary medicine.

Also called proprietary school. a school organized as a profit-making venture primarily to teach vocational skills or self-improvement techniques.

Words nearby proprietary

propoxyphene, propr, propr., propraetor, propranolol, proprietary, proprietary colony, proprietary hospital, proprietary medicine, proprietary name, proprietor

Origin of proprietary

1400–50; late Middle English (noun) < Medieval Latin proprietārius owner, noun use of Late Latin: of an owner, of ownership. See propriety, -ary

OTHER WORDS FROM proprietary

pro·pri·e·tar·i·ly

[pruh-prahy-i-tair-i-lee, -prahy-i-ter-] /prəˌpraɪ ɪˈtɛər ɪ li, -ˈpraɪ ɪˌtɛr-/, adverbnon·pro·pri·e·tar·y, adjective, noun, plural non·pro·pri·e·tar·ies.

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British Dictionary definitions for non-proprietary

proprietary

/ (prəˈpraɪɪtərɪ, -trɪ) /

adjective

of, relating to, or belonging to property or proprietors

privately owned and controlled

med of or denoting a drug or agent manufactured and distributed under a trade nameCompare ethical (def. 3)

noun plural -taries

med a proprietary drug or agent

a proprietor or proprietors collectively

right to property
property owned

Also called: lord proprietary (in Colonial America) an owner, governor, or grantee of a proprietary colony

Derived forms of proprietary

proprietarily, adverb

Word Origin for proprietary

C15: from Late Latin proprietārius an owner, from proprius one's own

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Medicine definitions for non-proprietary

proprietary

[ prə-prī′ĭ-tĕr′ē ]

adj.

Exclusively owned, as of a hospital.

Owned by an individual or corporation under a trademark or patent, as of a drug.

n.

A proprietary medicine.

proprietary

adjective

noun, plural pro·pri·e·tar·ies.

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Words nearby proprietary

Origin of proprietary

OTHER WORDS FROM proprietary

British Dictionary definitions for non-proprietary

adjective

noun plural -taries

Derived forms of proprietary

Word Origin for proprietary

Medicine definitions for non-proprietary

adj.

n.