Meaning

Of or relating to property or ownership..

Definitions by Sense

1. Of or relating to property or ownership.
2. Owning something; having ownership.
3. Created or manufactured exclusively by the owner or licensee of intellectual property rights, as with a patent or trade secret.
4. Nonstandard and controlled by one particular organization.
5. Privately owned.
6. (of a person) Possessive, jealous, or territorial.
7. A proprietor or owner.
8. A body of proprietors, taken collectively.

Example Sentences

proprietary rights

the proprietary class

The continuous profitability of the company is based on its many proprietary products.

It was reported that the recipes for the secret sauce and grinder sandwiches were proprietary, known only to the current president of the corporation and the former owner of the restaurant.

a proprietary extension to the HTML standard for Web page structure

a proprietary lake;   a proprietary chapel

Wherefore what issue soever shall result from my mind , by his means most happily married to a retired life , must , of due , redound to his honour , as the sole proprietary of my pains during my present condition

For all practical purposes, the proprietaries conduct their own financial affairs with a minimum of oversight from CIA headquarters.

Word Forms

• more proprietary
• most proprietary
• proprietaries

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When Should You Use Proprietary?

Use proprietary when its meaning, tone and grammar fit the full sentence. A synonym is not always a direct replacement.

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