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A Writer's Dictionary:

proprietaries Definition


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proprietary
adj
    1. Said eg of rights: belonging to an owner or proprietor.
    2. Suggestive or indicative of ownership.
    3. Said of medicines, etc: marketed under a tradename.
      Thesaurus: patented, copyrighted.
    (especially Austral, NZ & S Afr)
    4. Said of a company etc: privately owned and managed. UK equivalent Ltd
noun proprietaries
    1. A body of proprietors.
    2. Proprietorship.
Etymology: 16c: from Latin proprietas ownership.



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