Found 2 items, similar to Proprietaries.
English → English (WordNet)
Definition: proprietary
proprietary
adj : 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" [ant:
nonproprietary]
proprietary
n : an unincorporated business owned by a single person who is
responsible for its liabilities and entitled to its
profits [syn:
proprietorship]
English → English (gcide)
Definition: Proprietaries
Proprietary
\Pro*pri"e*ta*ry\, n.; pl.
Proprietaries. [L.
proprietarius: cf. F. propri['e]taire. See
Propriety, and
cf.
Proprietor.]
1. 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. --Fuller.
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2. A body proprietors, taken collectively.
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3. (Eccl.) A monk who had reserved goods and effects to
himself, notwithstanding his renunciation of all at the
time of profession.
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