Definition of proprietary Proprietary

/pɹʌpɹajˈʌtɛˌɹi/ - [pruprayuteree] - pro•pri•e•tar•y

We found 12 definitions of proprietary from 5 different sources.

What does proprietary mean?

Adjective
proprietary - 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"
		nonproprietary not protected by trademark or patent or copyright; "nonproprietary products are in the public domain and anyone can produce or distribute them"
		branded (of goods and merchandise) marked or labeled by a distinctive word or symbol indicating exclusive rights; "branded merchandise is that bearing a standard brand name"
		copyrighted (of literary or musical or dramatic or artistic work) protected by copyright; "permission to publish copyright material"
		patented (of devices and processes) protected by patent; "they are patented inventions"

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proprietary (Adjective)
Of or relating to property or ownership, as proprietary rights.
proprietary (Adjective)
Of or relating to the quality of being an owner, as the proprietary class.
proprietary (Adjective)
Manufactured exclusively by the owner of intellectual property right s IPR, as with a patent or trade secret .
proprietary (Adjective)
Privately owned, as a proprietary lake.
proprietary (Adjective)
Possessive, jealous, or territorial.

proprietary (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.
proprietary (n.)
A body proprietors, taken collectively.
proprietary (n.)
A monk who had reserved goods and effects to himself, notwithstanding his renunciation of all at the time of profession.
proprietary (a.)
Belonging, or pertaining, to a proprietor; considered as property; owned; as, proprietary medicine.