proprietary

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Pronunciation

• (America) IPA: /pɹəˈpɹɑɪətɛɹi/

Adjective

proprietary

1. Of or relating to property or ownership.

   proprietary rights

2. Owning something; having ownership.

   the proprietary class

3. Created or 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.

4. Nonstandard and controlled by one particular organization.

   a proprietary extension to the HTML standard for Web page structure

5. Privately owned.

   a proprietary lake; a proprietary chapel

6. (of a, person) Possessive, jealous, or territorial.

Translations

• German: Eigentums-, Eigentümer-
• Portuguese: proprietário
• Russian: со́бственнический
• Spanish: de propiedad

Translations

• Portuguese: proprietário
• Russian: патенто́ванный

Translations

• German: proprietär, urheberrechtlich geschützt, geschützt
• Portuguese: proprietário
• Russian: проприета́рный
• Spanish: privativo

Translations

• Portuguese: privado, particular
• Russian: ча́стный
• Spanish: privado, particular

Noun

proprietary (plural proprietaries)

1. A proprietor or owner.
2. A body of proprietors, taken collectively.
3. The rights of a proprietor.
4. A monk who had reserved goods and belongings to himself, notwithstanding his renunciation of all at the time of profession.

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