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proprietary

[ pruh-prahy-i-ter-ee ]

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 proprietaries.
  1. an owner or proprietor.
  2. a body of proprietors.
  3. American History. the grantee or owner, or one of the grantees or owners, of a proprietary colony.
  4. something owned, especially real estate.
  5. a proprietary medicine.
  6. Also called proprietary school. a school organized as a profit-making venture primarily to teach vocational skills or self-improvement techniques.

proprietary

/ prəˈpraɪɪtərɪ; -trɪ /

adjective

  1. of, relating to, or belonging to property or proprietors
  2. privately owned and controlled
  3. med of or denoting a drug or agent manufactured and distributed under a trade name Compare ethical
“Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged†2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012

noun

  1. med a proprietary drug or agent
  2. a proprietor or proprietors collectively
    1. right to property
    2. property owned
  3. Also calledlord proprietary (in Colonial America) an owner, governor, or grantee of a proprietary colony
“Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged†2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012
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Derived Forms

  • ±è°ù´Çˈ±è°ù¾±±ð³Ù²¹°ù¾±±ô²â, adverb
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Other ˜yÐÄvlog Forms

  • ±è°ù´Ç·±è°ù¾±Â·±ð·³Ù²¹°ù·¾±Â·±ô²â [pr, uh, -prahy-i-, tair, -i-lee, -, prahy, -i-ter-], adverb
  • ²Ô´Ç²Ôp°ù´Ç·±è°ù¾±î€½Ä·³Ù²¹°ùy adjective noun plural nonproprietaries
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˜yÐÄvlog History and Origins

Origin of proprietary1

1400–50; late Middle English (noun) < Medieval Latin ±è°ù´Ç±è°ù¾±±ð³ÙÄå°ù¾±³Ü²õ owner, noun use of Late Latin: of an owner, of ownership. See propriety, -ary
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˜yÐÄvlog History and Origins

Origin of proprietary1

C15: from Late Latin ±è°ù´Ç±è°ù¾±±ð³ÙÄå°ù¾±³Ü²õ an owner, from proprius one's own
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Beyond concerns about losing autonomy through the use of proprietary software, there’s another obvious issue: Surveillance software and spyware have been used to enable targeted killings throughout the war.

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“Residents can download an app for our proprietary dog-walking service. No ‘bully breeds’ allowed.â€

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Ms Wynn-Williams says governments frequently asked for explanations of how aspects of Facebook's software worked, but were told it was proprietary information.

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Thierer noted China’s surprising success with low-cost, decentralized open-source AI systems — a strategy that contrasts sharply with U.S. reliance on proprietary models requiring massive computational resources and budgets.

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