Proprietary

//pɹəˈpɹaɪ.ə.tə.ɹi// adj, noun

Definitions

Adjective
  1. 1
    Of or relating to property or ownership.

    "proprietary rights"

  2. 2
    Owning something; having ownership.

    "the proprietary class"

  3. 3
    Created or manufactured exclusively by the owner or licensee of intellectual property rights, as with a patent or trade secret.

    "The continuous profitability of the company is based on its many proprietary products."

  4. 4
    Nonstandard and controlled by one particular organization.

    "a proprietary extension to the HTML standard for Web page structure"

  5. 5
    Privately owned.

    "a proprietary lake;   a proprietary chapel"

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  1. 6
    Possessive, jealous, or territorial.
Adjective
  1. 1
    protected by trademark or patent or copyright; made or produced or distributed by one having exclusive rights wordnet
Noun
  1. 1
    A proprietor or owner.

    "Wherefore what issue soever shall result from my mind , by his means most happily married to a retired life , must , of due , redound to his honour , as the sole proprietary of my pains during my present condition"

  2. 2
    an unincorporated business owned by a single person who is responsible for its liabilities and entitled to its profits wordnet
  3. 3
    A body of proprietors, taken collectively.
  4. 4
    The rights of a proprietor.
  5. 5
    A monk who had reserved goods and belongings to himself, notwithstanding his renunciation of all at the time of profession.
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  1. 6
    A company doing legitimate business while also serving as a front for espionage.

    "For all practical purposes, the proprietaries conduct their own financial affairs with a minimum of oversight from CIA headquarters."

Etymology

Etymology 1

From French propriétaire, from Latin proprietārius. By surface analysis, propriety + -ary. Compare with the Latin proprietas (“property”) and proprius (“ownership”).

Etymology 2

From French propriétaire, from Latin proprietārius. By surface analysis, propriety + -ary. Compare with the Latin proprietas (“property”) and proprius (“ownership”).

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