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Proprietary

Definition, Meaning & Examples

Pronunciation /pɹəˈpɹaɪ.ə.tə.ɹi/ · Part of speech adjective

Quick meaning: Proprietary is an adjective meaning Of or relating to property or ownership.

Meaning

Of or relating to property or ownership.

More Meanings

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

Example Sentences

proprietary rights
the proprietary class
a proprietary lake; a proprietary chapel
a proprietary extension to the HTML standard for Web page structure

Word Forms

Synonyms for proprietary

Depending on context, synonyms include proprietorial, proprietorship, branded, patented, copyright, trademarked.

proprietorialproprietorshipbrandedpatentedcopyrighttrademarkedcopyrighted

Antonyms for proprietary

Common opposites include nonproprietary, open source.

nonproprietaryopen source

Related Words

Related dictionary entries include proprietorship, patented, copyright, trademarked, copyrighted, branded.

proprietorshippatentedcopyrighttrademarkedcopyrightedbrandedownershippropertyownerlicensedpatentpatrimonialfranchiseheritagelandlordlandownerpatentablelicencedcertificated

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