the name used by a manufacturer, merchant, service company, farming business, etc., to identify itself individually as a business.
a word or phrase used in a trade to designate a business, service, or a particular class of goods, but that is not technically a trademark, either because it is not susceptible of exclusive appropriation as a trademark or because it is not affixed to goods sold in the market.
the name by which an article or substance is known to the trade.
the name used by a trade to refer to a commodity, service, etc
the name under which a commercial enterprise operates in business
First recorded in 1860–65
First recorded in 1860–65
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On Wednesday, Dollar Tree said that it would record a $950 million impairment against the trade name Family Dollar, on top of a $1.07 billion goodwill charge.
From Seattle Times ● Mar. 13, 2024
Rodgers, who was once a missionary in Singapore, quietly created City Elders in Oklahoma in 2017, established “City Elders” as a trade name of his Gateway Ministries in June 2018, and launched publicly in 2019.
From Salon ● Nov. 12, 2023
The full data from the trial of Wegovy — a trade name for the drug semaglutide — have not yet been made public.
From Scientific American ● Aug. 14, 2023
All 12 council members present for Tuesday’s meeting voted to approve an ordinance that prohibits the distribution and sale of expanded polystyrene products, more commonly known by the trade name Styrofoam.
From Los Angeles Times ● Dec. 7, 2022
The trade name of the mattress was on a little card at the foot of the bed.
From "Cannery Row" by John Steinbeck
This is the current statutory landscape for iPhones, games consoles and many other devices that are larded with digital locks, often known by the trade-name “DRM”.
From The Guardian ● Dec. 23, 2015
She objected to the tobacco trade-name "Bull Durham" because bulls were manifestly no tobacco users.
From Time Magazine Archive
News despatches do not make it clear whether the machine in question is sold under the trade-name of Ford or not.
From Time Magazine Archive
NBC also admitted that it had tried with little success "to cut down on the number of trade-name references" used by Hope.
From Time Magazine Archive
Two important proteins were present in this food: plasmon, a trade-name for casein, the chief protein of milk, and gluten, a mixture of proteins in flour.
From The Home of the Blizzard Being the Story of the Australasian Antarctic Expedition, 1911-1914 by Mawson, Douglas, Sir
Merck settled for selling its product, trade-named Cuemid, as a rem edy for the intolerable itching that often goes with jaundice.
From Time Magazine Archive
Developed by two Winthrop chemists, Dr. Sydney Archer and Dr. Noel Albertson, the drug has the chemical name pentazocine and is trade-named Talwin.
From Time Magazine Archive
The most effective columbifuge so far seems to be a gooey chemical trade-named Roost-No-More, which is smeared on the cornices of buildings.
From Time Magazine Archive
Dr. Martin, a family physician, told the American Academy of General Practice what he has found works best: a daily dose of three or four tablets of methylphenidate, trade-named Ritalin by the Ciba Pharmaceutical Co.
From Time Magazine Archive
To create the catgut substitute, which is trade-named Dexon, chemists tested 225 synthetic compounds before they hit upon polyglycolic acid, a polymer or long-chain molecule that is chemically compatible with the human body.
From Time Magazine Archive
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