Proprietary (noun) Definition, Meaning & Examples

adjective
  1. belonging to a proprietor.
  2. being a proprietor; holding property: the proprietary class.
  3. pertaining to property or ownership: proprietary wealth.
  4. belonging or controlled as property.
  5. (of a brand name, product, service, formula, etc.) protected by a patent, copyright, or trademark: proprietary drugs; a proprietary name; a proprietary logo; a proprietary blend of ingredients.
  6. privately owned and operated for profit: proprietary hospitals.
noun, plural pro·pri·e·tar·ies.
  1. an owner or proprietor.
  2. a body of proprietors.
  3. the grantee or owner, or one of the grantees or owners, of a proprietary colony.
  4. ownership.
  5. something owned, especially real estate.
  6. a proprietary medicine.
  7. a school organized as a profit-making venture primarily to teach vocational skills or self-improvement techniques.
adjective
  1. of, relating to, or belonging to property or proprietors
  2. privately owned and controlled
  3. of or denoting a drug or agent manufactured and distributed under a trade name
noun plural -taries
  1. a proprietary drug or agent
  2. a proprietor or proprietors collectively
    • right to property
    • property owned
  3. (in Colonial America) an owner, governor, or grantee of a proprietary colony
Proprietary (noun) Definition, Meaning & Examples

More Definitions