Definition of Proprietary

1. Noun. An unincorporated business owned by a single person who is responsible for its liabilities and entitled to its profits.

Exact synonyms: Proprietorship
Generic synonyms: Ownership
Derivative terms: Proprietor

2. Adjective. Protected by trademark or patent or copyright; made or produced or distributed by one having exclusive rights. "`Tylenol' is a proprietary drug of which `acetaminophen' is the generic form"
Similar to: Branded, Copyrighted, Patented, Trademarked
Antonyms: Nonproprietary
Derivative terms: Proprietor

Definition of Proprietary

1. n. A proprietor or owner; one who has exclusive title to a thing; one who possesses, or holds the title to, a thing in his own right.

2. a. Belonging, or pertaining, to a proprietor; considered as property; owned; as, proprietary medicine.

Definition of Proprietary

1. [n PROPRIETARIES]

Lexicographical Neighbors of Proprietary

propoxyphenes
propoxyphene hydrochloride
proppant
proppants
propped
propping
propping up
propraetor
propraetors
propranolol
propranolols
propretor
propretors
propria
proprietaries
proprietary (current term)
proprietary colony
proprietary drug
proprieties
proprietor
proprietorial
proprietors
proprietorship
proprietorships
proprietorship certificate
proprietress
proprietresses
propriety
proprioception
proprioceptions

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