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US
/pɹəˈpɹaɪəˌtɛɹi/
]
[ UK /pɹəpɹˈaɪətəɹi/ ]
[ UK /pɹəpɹˈaɪətəɹi/ ]
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
NOUN
- an unincorporated business owned by a single person who is responsible for its liabilities and entitled to its profits
How To Use proprietary In A Sentence
- This is not a problem; however, because typically only transmittal equipment is available in the market and translating equipment is proprietary to specific companies. David Isenberg: The GAO Transcripts, Part 6: Coordinating PSC Activities in Iraq
- (ABRAXANE) which is based on its proprietary tumor targeting system known as the nab ™ Investorideas.com newswire stock news, financial news, investment news and industry news in leading sectors including cleantech, energy, water and more
- If you're a scientist working in the proprietary labs of industry I've heard that the very first thing you have to learn is to UN-learn what you've been taught about the brick wall around causation. Continuation…
- It is a proprietary product, priced competitively.
- In March 1681 the king agreed to grant young William, the admiral's heir, proprietary ownership of the lands west of the Delaware River and north of the Maryland border in exchange for canceling the old debt.
- The regulator says Trillium, through nine proprietary traders, sent non-bona fide orders into the markets to create false volume, thereby attracting buying or selling interest.
- All the big names have proprietary power saving programs that monitor CPU activity and respond accordingly to try to extend battery life on portables.
- It was emphasised by him that the usufructuary rights that were referred to, which may not have been proprietary in character, nonetheless, depended wholly on the community title.
- The loud-mouthed dealer may well have made the company £100m in proprietary trading profits, but he also cost it £150m in damages.
- The Chinese group said it had full proprietary intellectual property rights. Times, Sunday Times
