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Brand

Definition: Brand

Brand

Noun

1. A name given to a product or service.

2. A recognizable kind; "there's a new brand of hero in the movies now"; "what make of car is that?".

3. Identification mark on skin, made by burning.

4. A piece of wood that has been burned or is burning.

5. A symbol of disgrace or infamy; "And the Lord set a mark upon Cain"--Genesis.

6. A cutting or thrusting weapon with a long blade.

Verb

1. Burn with a branding iron to indicate ownership; of animals.

2. To accuse or condemn openly or formally: "He denounced the government action.".

3. Mark or expose as infamous; "She was branded a loose woman".

Source: WordNet 1.7.1 Copyright © 2001 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
 

"Brand" is a name that signifies or is derived from: "a sword".

Date "brand" was first used in popular English literature: sometime before 1050. (references)

Note: Brand \Brand\, transitive verb. [imperfect & past participle. Branded; Branding.]. (references)

 

Specialty Definition: Brand

DomainDefinition

19th Century Satire

Something carried on the hip, by either beast or man. Can be found on the outside of a short, red steer, or the inside of a long, black bottle. Source: Foolish Dictionary, 1904.

Food & Agriculture

A device(as a word)pointing distinctly to the origin or ownership of merchandise to which it is applied and legally reserved to the exclusive use of the owner as maker or seller ; a special mark placed on a particular brand of article or commodity to distinguish it from similar goods sold by other producers ; name or mark used in commerce to indicate the origin of a wine or the vendor. Source: European Union. (references)

Literature

Brand The Clicquot brand, etc., the best brand, etc. That is the merchant's or excise mark branded on the article itself, the vessel which contains the article, the wrapper which covers it, the cork of the bottle, etc., to guarantee its being genuine, etc. Madame Clicquot, of champagne notoriety, died in 1866.
He has the brand of villain in his looks. It was once customary to brand the cheeks of felons with an F. The custom was abolished by law in 1822. Source: Brewer's Dictionary.

Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

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Specialty Definition: Brand

(From Wikipedia, the free Encyclopedia)

A brand is an identifying mark, image, name or concept which distinguishes a product or service. A brand is a symbol created by a marketer to represent a collection of information about a product or group of products. When a brand has accummulated a mass of positive sentiment among consumers, the company is said to have acquired brand equity. A brand name is that part of a brand consisting of words or letters that can be verbalized. A brand name that has been given legal protection is referred to as a trademark.

Originally the word meant anything that was hot or burning; by the European Middle Ages it was commonly used to identify the process of burning a mark into a stock animal so as to identify ownership. Animal branding in the American west has evolved into a complex marking system still in use today.

By the more contemporary definition, a brand means the immaterial attributes attached to a product or a service. Without the brand, Coca-Cola is little more than sugared water; Tide is just another detergent, and Chiquita is a banana just like another.

Brands are central to the debates on intellectual property law, intellectual capital, consumerism and moral purchasing.

History

Brands were born with the 19th century advent of packaged goods. Industrialization moved the production of many household items, such as soap, from local communities to centralized factories. These factories needed to sell their products nationwide, to a customer base that was only familiar with local goods. It quickly became apparent that a generic package of soap was a hard sell next to the familiar, local product. The packaged goods manufacturers needed to convince the public that their product was just as trustworthy.

This is illustrated by many brands of that era, such as Uncle Ben's rice and Kellogg's breakfast cereal. The manufacturers wanted their products to appear and feel as familiar as the local farmers' produce. From there, with the help of advertising, manufacturers quickly learned to associate other kinds of brand values, such as youthfulness, fun or luxury, with their products. This kickstarted the practice we now know as branding.

Examples of prominent brand names

The 2001 ranking of the 100 most valuable brands worldwide by Business Week magazine contained 62 American, 30 European, and 6 Japanese brands.

Brands (United States):

Brands (European) Brands (Japanese)

See also

List of Marketing TopicsList of Management Topics
List of Economics TopicsList of Accounting Topics
List of Finance TopicsList of Economists

External links

Alternative uses

Brand is a play by Henrik Ibsen 1865. Brand (Dutch language for "fire") is a commercial Dutch beer -- see Brand (beer).

Source: adapted by the editor from Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia under a copyleft GNU Free Documentation License (GFDL) from the article "Brand."

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Brand (beer)

(From Wikipedia, the free Encyclopedia)

Brand is a beer brand produced in Wijlre (mun. Gulpen-Wittem), Netherlands.

Source: adapted by the editor from Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia under a copyleft GNU Free Documentation License (GFDL) from the article "Brand (beer)."

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Synonyms: Brand

Synonyms: blade (n), brand name (n), firebrand (n), make (n), marque (n), stain (n), steel (n), stigma (n), sword (n), trade name (n), denounce (v), mark (v), post (v), stigmatize (v). (additional references)

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Synonyms within Context: Brand

ContextSynonyms within Context (source: adapted from Roget's Thesaurus).

Accusation

Brand with reproach; stigmatize, slur; cast a stone at, cast a slur on; incriminate, criminate; inculpate, implicate; call to account; (censure); take to blame, take to task; put in the black book.

Arms

Missile, bolt, projectile, shot, ball; grape; grape shot, canister shot, bar shot, cannon shot, langrel shot, langrage shot, round shot, chain shot; balista, ballista, slung shot, trebucbet, trebucket; bullet, slug, stone, brickbat, grenade, shell, bomb, carcass, rocket; congreve, congreve rocket; shrapnel, mitraille; levin bolt, levin brand; thunderbolt.

Sword, saber, broadsword, cutlass, falchion, scimitar, cimeter, brand, whinyard, bilbo, glaive, glave, rapier, skean, Toledo, Ferrara, tuck, claymore, adaga, baselard, Lochaber ax, skean dhu, creese, kris, dagger, dirk, banger, poniard, stiletto, stylet, dudgeon, bayonet; sword-bayonet, sword-stick; side arms, foil, blade, steel; ax, bill; pole-ax, battle-ax; gisarme, halberd, partisan, tomahawk, bowie knife; ataghan, attaghan, yataghan; yatacban; assagai, assegai; good sword, trusty sword, naked sword; cold steel.

Calefaction

Burn, inflame, roast, toast, fry, grill, singe, parch, bake, torrefy, scorch; brand, cauterize, sear, burn in; corrode, char, calcine, incinerate; smelt, scorify; reduce to ashes; burn to a cinder; commit to the flames, consign to the flames.

Detraction

Verb: detract, derogate, decry, deprecate, depreciate, disparage; run down, cry down; backcap; belittle; sneer at; (contemn); criticize, pull to pieces, pick a hole in one's coat, asperse, cast aspersions, blow upon, bespatter, blacken, vilify, vilipend; avile; give a dog a bad name, brand, malign; muckrake; backbite, libel, lampoon, traduce, slander, defame, calumniate, bear false witness against; speak ill of behind one's back.

Disapprobation

Accuse; impeach, denounce; hold up to reprobation, hold up to execration; expose, brand, gibbet, stigmatize; show up, pull up, take up; cry "shame" upon; be outspoken; raise a hue and cry against.

Discord

Subject of dispute, ground of quarrel, battle ground, disputed point; bone of contention, bone to pick; apple of discord, casus belli; question at issue; (subject of inquiry); vexed question, vexata quaestio, brand of discord.

Disrepute

Tarnish, taint, defilement, pollution. stain, blot, spot, blur, stigma, brand, reproach, imputation, slur.

Impute shame to, brand, post, stigmatize, vilify, defame, slur, cast a slur upon, hold up to shame, send to Coventry; tread under foot, trample under foot; show up, drag through the mire, heap dirt upon; reprehend.

Fuel

Coal, wallsend, anthracite, culm, coke, carbon, charcoal, bituminous coal, tar shale; turf, peat, firewood, bobbing, faggot, log; cinder. (products of combustion); ingle, tinder, touchwood; sulphur, brimstone; incense; port-fire; fire-barrel, fireball, brand; amadou, bavin; blind coal, glance coal; German tinder, pyrotechnic sponge, punk, smudge; solid fueled rocket.

Brand, torch, fuse; wick; spill, match, light, lucifer, congreve, vesuvian, vesta, fusee, locofoco; linstock.

Indication

Warning; omen; prefigurement. trace, record. warning; alarm. scepter. trophy. gauge. milestone, milepost. brand, fool's cap. check, telltale; test; (experiment); mileage ticket; milliary.

Signature, mark, autograph, autography; attestation; hand, hand writing, sign manual; cipher; seal, sigil, signet, hand and seal; paraph, brand; superscription; indorsement, endorsement.

Source: adapted from Roget's Thesaurus.

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Crosswords: Brand

English words defined with "brand": Brand spore, branded, branding ironchange, common, Crazy GlueDunter goosegenericallyiron, irregularlevismakeoven stuffer, oven stuffer roastersecond, shift, Simoniz, Spode, switchTo mark timeunbrandedV-8 juice, Vaseline, Victrola. (references)
Specialty definitions using "brand": Althæa's Brand, AUTOMATIC LUMP MAKING MACHINE TENDERBAG PRINTER, BOTTLE GAUGER, BOWLING-BALL ENGRAVER, BRAND RECORDER, BRANDING-MACHINE TENDER, BrontesCaliburn, catching inspector, cationic cocktail, Cavendish Tobacco, chiclet keyboard, cigarette and assembly machine operator, cigarette and assembly-machine inspector, cigarette examiner, CIGARETTE INSPECTOR, cigarette-making examiner, CIGARETTE-MAKING-MACHINE CATCHER, CIGARETTE-MAKING-MACHINE OPERATOR, Commodity promotion programs, competing brand, CUTTING-AND-PRINTING-MACHINE OPERATOR, cyber-squattingDa Kine, Datary, DEBRANDER, Denys, DUAL-HOSE CEMENTEREXOS, Export Incentive Program, external advertisingFAME, FREEZING-ROOM WORKERG.M.B., Gateway 2000, gold marker, gold stamper, gold-leaf printerHARDWARE ASSEMBLER, HAT-BODY SORTER, Hocking, hose builder, hose cementer, hose finisher, HOSE MAKER, hot stamperINSPECTOR, AGRICULTURAL COMMODITIES, Interlanleaf stamper, lettering-machine operator, LOG SORTER, Lumnitemachine printer, hose, making-machine catcher, making-machine operator, filter, manufacturer's brand, Market Access Program, MARKING-MACHINE OPERATOR, Matrix Math eXtensions, maximum Maytag mode, mess-dos, Midsummer Ale, miss, money valueOlivetti, outside signsproducer's brand, PROOFER, PREPRESSQUALITY-CONTROL TECHNICIANREBRANDER, RythonSinclair Research, southbridge, St. John's Eve, St. Mark's Eve, STAMPING-PRESS OPERATOR, standard copper, Stigmatiseterminal emulator, ton-cap screen, transfer-iron operator, TRANSFER-MACHINE OPERATORUNIVAC, upfitter, UrganVAXWhip-dog Day, WOOL PULLER, WORD PROCESSING MACHINE OPERATOR. (references)
Etymologies containing "brand": stigma. (references)
Non-English Usage: "Brand" is also a word in the following languages with English translations in parentheses.

Afrikaan (burn, conflagration, fire), Dutch (conflagration, fire), German (blaze, brand, burning passion, canker, conflagration, fire, firebrand, firing, gangrene, mortification, plight, raging thirst, rust, smut), Swedish (canker, conflagration, fire, gangrene, mildew).

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Modern Usage: Brand

DomainUsage

Screenplays

It's more like freshly-laundered linen handkerchiefs, like a brand new automobile (Sunset Blvd.; writing credit: Charles Brackett)

Papa's got a brand new bag. (Trainspotting; writing credit: John Hodge. Based on the novel by Irvine Welsh.)

I also recognize your brand of soldier (Good Morning, Vietnam; writing credit: Mitch Markowitz)

Just because we let them smelly fools ride us like horses don't mean we gotta let 'em brand us like horses (Unforgiven; writing credit: Walon Green; Roy N. Sickner)

If I win, I'll get a brand new protractor (The Simpsons; writing credit: Artur Brauner; Paul Hengge)

Lyrics

I’m thinking in a brand new way (Brand New Day; performing artist: Sting)

With a brand new set (Clockwork Creep; performing artist: 10CC)

'Cause you make me feel so brand new ("Let's Stay Together"; performing artist: Al Green)

Oh I see myself in a brand new way (Don't Look Back; performing artist: BOSTON)

Forget about the brand new life that I gave you (What About Us?; performing artist: Brandy)

Movie/TV Titles

A Brand New Life (1973)

Brand X (1970)

The Joel Brand Story (1965)

Die Geschichte von Joel Brand (1964)

Brand (1959)

Song Titles

Papa's Got A Brand New Bag (performing artist: James Brown)

Brand New Key (performing artist: Melanie)

Brand New Day (performing artist: Sting)

You Make Me Feel Brand New (performing artist: Stylistics)

Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

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Commercial Usage: Brand

DomainTitle

References

  • A Brand New World AB: International Competitive Benchmarks and Financial Gap Analysis (reference)

  • Alm Brand A.S.: International Competitive Benchmarks and Financial Gap Analysis (reference)

  • Alm. Brand A/S: International Competitive Benchmarks and Financial Gap Analysis (reference)

  • Eagle Brand Holdings Ltd.: International Competitive Benchmarks and Financial Gap Analysis (reference)

  • Snow Brand Food Co., Ltd.: International Competitive Benchmarks and Financial Gap Analysis (reference)

    (more reference examples)

  

Books

  • A New Brand World: Eight Principles for Achieving Brand Leadership in the 21st Century (reference)

  • Harvard Business Review on Brand Management (The Harvard Business Review Paperback Series) (reference)

  • The Brand You 50 : Or : Fifty Ways to Transform Yourself from an 'Employee' into a Brand That Shouts Distinction, Commitment, and Passion! (reference)

  • The Official Scrabble Brand Word-Finder (reference)

    (more book examples)

  

Periodicals

  

Theater & Movies

  • Sting - The Brand New Day Tour: Live From The Universal Amphitheatre (reference)

  • Crunch: Brand New Butt (reference)

  • Playboy TV: Sex Under Hot Lights - Brand Spanking New (reference)

    (more DVD examples; more video examples)

  

Music

  

High Tech

  

Consumer Goods

Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

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Image Slideshow: Brand

Illustrations:
Brand

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Computer Images:
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Photo Album: Brand

ThumbnailDescription & CreditThumbnailDescription & Credit

(1) color slide shows a carton of Lucerne brand skim milk. Credit: Renee Comet (photographer).

(2) color slides show different bags of snack chips. (1) bag of Lays brand potato chips, (1) bag of Doritos brand tortilla chips. Credit: Renee Comet (photographer).

Native trades boar for clothes and haircut Now the ship has a brand new crewman Photo #2 of sequence. Credit: Coast & Geodetic Survey Historical Image Collection.

Fig. 1. Pierce and Cunningham darting-gun; a combined harpoon and lance Used largely by Arctic whalemen. Fig. 2. Cunningham and Cogan gun Length, 33 inches; weight, 27 pounds; used by Arctic whalers with bomb lance Fig. 3. Brand muzzle-loading whaling-gun and bomb lance. Credit: National Marine Fisheries Historical Image Collection.

A brand new Bureau of Commercial Fisheries Ship MILLER FREEMAN posing for the camera on Lake Erie prior to heading down the St. Lawrence River. Credit: Sailing for Science - the NOAA Fleet Then and Now.

Ernst Brand. Credit: National Library of Medicine.

Moored in port with three sisters, 1900. Brand is the boat on the left. Photographed by A. Renard, Kiel, Germany. Credit: NAVY.

Just a minute, Captain Barney hailed. I liked that speech fust-rate, but when anybody starts spinnin' yarns about worms eatin' up through a brand new vessel's hull, I say it couldn't happen. Credit: Library of Congress.

Anyhow the kid will have a brand new Congress to help him along!. Credit: Library of Congress.

Plain murder -- hammer and sickle brand. Credit: Library of Congress.

Source: pictures compiled by the editor from various references; see picture credits.

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Digital Photo Gallery: Brand
 

"Brand new baby" by Ariel C.
Commentary: "Brand new baby."
"Wedding chain 1" by Thomas Hamlyn-Harris
Commentary: "Nanjing (China). As part of a wedding ceremony couples padlock two hearts together on a chain. On the hearts there is an image of a Pheonix (female) and Dragon (male). I think the brand name of the padlocks, HOUSE, is a beautiful touch."

Source: photographs selected by the editor, with permission from the photographers.

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Familiar Quotations: Brand

AuthorQuotation

Abraham Lincoln

Tell me what brand of whiskey that Grant drinks. I would like to send a barrel of it to my other generals.

Source: compiled by the editor from various references.

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Non-Fiction Usage: Brand

SubjectTopicQuote

Health

The database is searchable by brand name, generic name or by indication. (references)

If you use more than one peak flow meter (such as at home and at school), be sure that both meters are the same brand. (references)

Other analogs, sometimes referred to as "designer" drugs, can be produced in illegal laboratories and are often more dangerous and potent than the original drug. Two of the most commonly known opioid analogs are fentanyl and meperidine (marketed under the brand name Demerol, for example). (references)

Business

ACER, a Taiwanese brand also has a strong presence. (references)

Brand preference is also based on the price factor. (references)

Price is the determining factor of what brand to purchase. (references)

Economic History

Vietnam

There is much trial usage, but little brand loyalty. (references)

Uae

They are highly susceptible to have brand recognition. (references)

Senegal

They are commercialized under well-known U.S. brand names. (references)

Political Economy

UKRAINE

Thus piracy of well-known consumer brand names is common business practice in Ukraine. (references)

SAUDI ARABIA

It is estimated that from 25 to upward of 50 percent of all major brand consumer goods sold in Saudi Arabia are illegal copies. (references)

CZECH REPUBLIC

Recognizing that no amendment will help, the Czech Republic is currently working on a brand new procurement law to enter force in 2002. (references)

Trade

France

Registered brand names and trademarks can only be used by the manufacturer. (references)

Philippines

An application for registration should be filed by the Philippine importer for the importation and distribution/offer for sale for each class per brand of product. (references)

Georgia

In 1997 the IFC co-financed a loan with the EBRD to the Georgian Glass and Mineral Water Co. to reestablish "Borjomi" as the leading mineral water brand in the country. (references)

Worker Rights

China

Authorities in Italy reported in 2000 that an estimated 30,000 illegal Chinese immigrants work in sweatshop conditions outside of Florence, with many children working alongside their parents in the production of scarves, purses, and imitations of various brand name products. (references)

Lexicography

Devil's Dictionary

MISS, n. The title with which we brand unmarried women to indicate that they are in the market. Miss, Missis (Mrs.) and Mister (Mr.) are the three most distinctly disagreeable words in the language, in sound and sense. Two are corruptions of Mistress, the other of Master. In the general abolition of social titles in this our country they miraculously escaped to plague us. If we must have them let us be consistent and give one to the unmarried man. I venture to suggest Mush, abbreviated to Mh.

Source: compiled by the editor from ICON Group International, Inc.; see credits.

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Usage Frequency: Brand

"Brand" is generally used as a noun (singular) -- approximately 84.26% of the time. "Brand" is used about 1,333 times out of a sample of 100 million words spoken or written in English. Its rank is based on over 700,000 words used in the English language. Some parts-of-speech are not covered due to the samples used by the British National Corpus. (note: percents less than one-hundredth of one percent have been omitted)
Parts of SpeechPercentUsage per
100 Million Words
Rank in English
Noun (singular)84.26%1,1236,791
Noun (proper)10.72%14326,451
Lexical Verb (infinitive)3.45%4650,285
Lexical Verb (base form)1.5%2078,262
Unclassified Items0.07%1339,140
                    Total100.00%1,333N/A

Source: compiled by the editor from several corpora; see credits.

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Name Usage Frequency: Brand

The following table summarizes the usage of "brand" based on a population census conducted in the United States. Ranks and frequencies are based on all names reported and classified.
NameUsage/GenderUsage per 100
million Persons
Rank in USA
BrandLast name6,0001,954
Source: compiled by the editor from several corpora; see credits.

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Derived & Related Names: Brand

"Brand" is a name that signifies or is derived from: "a sword".
 
The following table summarizes names related to "Brand."
NameGenderLanguageRelated Name
BrandtMaleN/ABrand
BrandMaleEnglishN/A
BrandaFemaleEnglishBrand
Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

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Usage in Company Names: Brand

CountryNameCountryName
Denmark

Alm Brand A.S.

Japan

Snow Brand Food Co., Ltd.

Singapore

Eagle Brand Holdings Ltd.

Sweden

A Brand New World AB

 (more examples...)  

Source: compiled by the editor from Icon Group International, Inc.

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Expression: Brand

Expressions using "brand": a brand from the burning brand awareness Brand goose Brand iron brand leader brand loyalty brand name brand new brand of discord Brand spore competing brand Dust brand fire brand levin brand manufacturer's brand maverick brand producer's brand proprietary brand Von Brand white brand. Additional references.

Hyphenated Usage

Beginning with "brand": brand-building, brand-conscious, brand-consciousness, brand-driven, brand-image, brand-level, brand-loyalty, brand-mark, brand-name, brand-names, Brand-new, brand-newness, brand-related, brand-spanking-new.

Ending with "brand": own-brand.

Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

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Frequency of Internet Keywords: Brand

The following statistics estimate the number of searches per day across the major English-language search engines as identified by various trade publications. Hyperlinks lead to commercial use of the expression at Amazon.com.
 
ExpressionFrequency
per Day
ExpressionFrequency
per Day

brand new

1,385

shoes brand

102

brand new lyrics

643

brand deja entendu new

101

brand

607

brand cosmetic discount

97

lucky brand

551

fortune brand

95

lucky brand jean

388

brand name recipe

93

brand name

366

brand new heavies

93

brand new band

288

brand marketing

92

lion brand yarn

202

cattle brand

90

brand identity

194

lucky brand clothing

87

limited brand

175

brand of watch

85

yum brand

167

brand x

81

name brand clothes

153

brand cigarette

81

beer brand

128

brand viagra

81

brand name clothing

126

interstate brand

80

paint brand

113

clothing brand

78

brand management

112

brand new music

77

furniture brand

110

brand name furniture

76

beauty brand

109

tire brand

74

eagle brand

108

brand strategy

73

shoes brand name

104

brand factory shoes

73
Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

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Modern Translation: Brand

Language Translations for "brand"; alternative meanings/domain in parentheses.

Albanian

  

shenjë (accent, aim, auspice, Beck, butt, cue, denotation, denotement, earmark, ensign, evidence, exponent, fleck, foretoken, impress, index, indication, insignia, Mark, marking, obelisk, obelus, office, omen, pledge, pointer, portent, presage, prognostication, scratch, seal, sign, signal, stamp, symbol, symptom, tally, target, token, vestige, Wale, weal), markë (chip, logo, make, markka), lloj (assortment, brood, cast, class, description, form, genre, kidney, kind, nature, persuasion, race, rate, shape, sort, species, stamp, stock, style, type, variety), damkë (band). (various references)

   

Arabic 

  

‏وسم بالنار, ‏وسم (label, marking, stamp, tag), ‏وصمة (blot, smirk, smudge, spot, stain, stamp), ‏سمة (sign, stamp, trait, type, visa, zenith), ‏علامة تجارية (trademark), ‏طبع على نحو لا يمحى, ‏صنف (article, assort, categorize, category, class, classification, classify, compile, designate, digest, distinguish, distribute, grade, group, kind, label, pigeonhole, place, rank, rate, sort, species, stow, systematize, table, tabulate, type), ‏شعار (banner, countersign, device, emblem, motto, sign, slogan, tag, watchword). (various references)

   

Bulgarian 

  

факел (cresset, lamp, torch), фабрична марка (trademark), качество (capacity, class, degree, fabric, grade, kind, merit, point, quality, rate, stamp, tap), главня (cockle, firebrand, smut), дамга (iron). (various references)

   

Chinese 

  

廠牌 , 品牌. (various references)

   

Czech

  

znaèka (earmark, make, Mark, sign, sort, symbol), vypálit (burn down, burn out, cauterize, fire, fire off), splétat vlasy do copu, opatřit znaèkou, druh zboží. (various references)

   

Danish

  

braendejern (branding iron), brændemærke (burn, burning mark), varemaerke (brand name, crest, trade mark, trade name, trademark, trade-mark, tradename), varemærker (brand name, trade mark, trade name, trademark, trade-mark, tradename), varebetegnelse (brand name, trade mark, trade name, trademark, trade-mark, tradename), modermærke (burn, burning mark, hemangioma, naevus, nevus), mærkat (brand name, trade mark, trade name, trademark, trade-mark, tradename), lungeslag (burn, burning mark), label (brand name, trade mark, trade name, trademark, trade-mark, tradename), kvalitetsstempel (certification mark, quality label, seal of approval), kvalitetsmærke (certification mark, quality label, seal of approval), handelsbetegnelse (brand name, trade mark, trade name, trademark, trade-mark, tradename), firmamaerke (brand name, trade mark, trade name, trademark, trade-mark, tradename). (various references)

   

Dutch

  

brandmerk (burn, burning mark). (various references)

   

Esperanto

  

brulstampo, brulstampi. (various references)

   

Farsi 

  

خاطرنشان کردن (Point), داغ زدن (Cauterize), داغ ودرفش , داغ کردن (Cauterize, Singe), رقم (Character, Digit, Figure, Item, Number, Sort, Symbol, Type), اتشپاره , انگ (Hallmark), داغ (Hot, Mark, Stain, Stigma, Sultry, Therm), جنس (Breed, Commodity, Gender, Genus, Kind, Mettle, Stamp, Stuff, Substance), مارک (Score, Stripe), علامت (Allegory, Badge, Banner, Emblem, Mark, Marker, Name, Presage, Showing, Sign, Signal, Stripe, Symbol, Symptom, Tally, Tick, Token), لکه بدنامی (Slur), لکه دارکردن (Blame, Blemish, Denigrate, Foul, Smear, Soil, Speck, Stain, Stigmatize, Sully, Taint, Tarnish), نشان (Aim, Attribute, Badge, Banner, Clue, Emblem, Ensign, Hallmark, Impress, Mark, Medal, Memento, Plaque, Presage, Score, Seal, Show, Sign, Signal, Stamp, Standard, Symbol, Symptom, Tally, Target, Token, Trace, Track, Tract), نوع (Breed, Class, Gender, Genus, Ilk, Issue, Kidney, Kind, Manner, Nature, Navigate, Order, Persuasion, Quality, Sort, Species, Speckle, Stamp, Suit, Type, Variety), نیمسوز, جور (Class, Compatible, Genus, Ilk, Kind, Oppression, Sort). (various references)

   

Finnish

  

tavaramerkki (trademark), laji (event, kind, make, sort, species, sport). (various references)

   

French

  

marque (brand name). (various references)

   

Frisian

  

brânmerk. (various references)

   

German

  

marke (badge, check, chip, code, coupon, disk, label, make, mark, marker, marque, record, secret code, spot, stamp, tag, ticket, token, trademark, voucher), warenzeichen (trademark, trade-mark), brandmal (stigma). (various references)

   

Greek 

  

στιγματίζω (stigmatize), μάρκα (label, make). (various references)

   

Hebrew 

  

לשים (deposit, lay, lay down, place, put, put down, set), לצין סמן, אות קלון (mark of disgrace, stigma), סימן מסחרי (trademark), סוג (category, class, denomination, fenced, genus, kind, quality, sort, species, strain, turning aside, type). (various references)

   

Hungarian

  

védjegy (chop, trademark), márka (make, mark), parázs (cinder, ember, embers, live coals), növényi rozsda, megbélyegzés (condemnation, denouncement), kard (glaive, iron, saber, sabers, sabres, skewer, steel, sword), beégetett bélyeg, üszök (gangrene). (various references)

   

Indonesian

  

mencap (place a seal on, stamp, stigmatize), jenis (genus, kind, type). (various references)

   

Italian

  

marchio (earmark, make, mark, stamp, taint, time, trademark), marca (check, high-class, kind, make, Mark, stamp, ticket). (various references)

   

Japanese Kanji 

  

銘柄 (description, make). (various references)

   

Japanese Katakana 

  

ブランド (bland), ひんしゅ (description, kind), めいがら (description, make), らくいん (branding iron, mark, nobleman's illegitimate child, stigma), やきいん (branding iron). (various references)

   

Korean 

  

낙인. (various references)

   

Manx

  

mark (mark), cur cowrey er (imprint, mark), cowrey (attribute, badge, beacon, caret, character, check, denotation, emblem, evidence, feature, gesture, hint, indication, intimation, mark, marque, motion, sign, signal, stamp, symbol, symptom, token, trace, wealth). (various references)

   

Pig Latin

  

andbray.(various references)

   

Portuguese

  

marca comercial (trademark), marca (character, guide-mark, hallmark, impress, impression, imprint, label, mark, marking, mintage, note, pock-mark, rubber stamp, score, seal, spot, stamp, token, trace, trait). (various references)

   

Romanian

  

marcã fabricii (label, maker's mark, trade mark), însemna (badge, be, betoken, chalk out, connote, denote, dint, excoriate, imply, import, item, jot down, mark off, mean, note, record, scotch, signify, spell, stand, tick), întipãri în memorie, arde cu fierul roşu, cãrbune (black diamond, carbuncle, coal, embers), cauteriza (burn, cauterize, fire, sear), clasã (bracket, category, class, degree, division, form, form-room, grade, kind, order, rank, rating, school, schoolroom, species, standard), danga (ear-mark, Mark), faclã (torch), înfiera (stigmatize), marca (badge, designate, ear-mark, hall mark, label, Mark, mark out, record, register, say, score, show, stamp, stencil, underline), tãciune aprins, pune o marcã pe o marfã, sabie (broadsword, falchion, scimitar, steel, sword), semn (auspice, badge, Beck, character, denotation, dint, emblem, evidence, Favor, favour, gesture, impress, index, indication, Mark, note, office, portent, print, property, scar, score, scratch, seal, sign, signal, splash, spot, symbol, symptom, token, trace, track, vestige, wave), sort (sort, species), spadã (epee, glaive, rapier, sword), stigmat (badge, blemish, flaw, note, stigma), stigmat fãcut cu un fier încins, stigmatiza (badge, denunciate, post, sear, stigmatize), tãciune (blight, canker, cinder, coal, embers, smut), mãlurã (blight, smut). (various references)

   

Russian 

  

сорт товара, фабричная марка (trademark, trades-union-mark), тавро (earmark), клеймо (chop, countermark, earmark, note, seal, stamp, stigma, stigmata, trademark), клеймить марка, головня (fire brand). (various references)

   

Scottish

  

eadhal (a brand). (various references)

   

Serbo-Croatian

  

vrsta (category, class, gamboge, genus, kind, labrador tea, manner, quality, rank, run, sort, species, stripe, type), ugarak (cinder, fire brand, firebrand), sorta (sort, type), pečat (cachet, seal, signet, stamp), marka (make, mark, stamp), žigosati (earmark, sear, stamp, stigmatize), žig (cachet, counter-mark, hallmark, incuse, mark, oil seal, signet, stamp). (various references)

   

Spanish

  

marca (distinguishing mark, footprint, landmark, make, March, Mark, name tab, note, patent, performance, scratch, seamark, stamp, trademark). (various references)

   

Swedish

  

brännmärka (burn, post, stigmatize), brännjärn (cautery). (various references)

   

Turkish

  

buğday pası, lekelemek (asperse, attaint, bastardize, bedaub, befoul, besmirch, blacken, blemish, blot, blotch, blur, breathe upon, cloud, defile, dirty, discolor, discolour, dishonor, fleck, flecker, maculate, mottle, slur, smear, smirch, smudge, smutch, soil, spatter, speckle, splodge, splotch, spot, sprinkle, stain, stigmatize, sully, taint, tarnish), dağlamak (cauterize, sear, stigmatize), dağlanarak yapılan iz, damga (cachet, cancellation, earmark, impress, impression, imprint, Mark, marker, print, seal, signature, stamp, stigma), damgalamak (cancel, impress, incuse, Mark, postmark, print, print on, seal, stamp, stigmatize), derin etki bırakmak, ayıp (attaint, blot, blotch, contempt, disgrace, disgraceful, dishonor, dishonour, failing, indecorous, indecorum, inglorious, nasty, obscenities, odium, opprobrious, reproach, reproachful, shame, shame on you, shameful, slur, spot, unmannerly, what a shame), kızgın demir, usul (cut, formality, gently, method, modus, observance, order, practice, procedure, process, quietly, rite, system, technique, usage, way, wise), mantar (athlete's foot, blight, Cork, Corky, fungal, fungoid, fungous, fungus, mushroom, myco-), marka (check, chip, chop, identification mark, imprint, initials, jetton, Mark, stamp, title, token, trademark), markalamak, namus lekesi (stigma), nişan (affiance, badge, betrothal, butt, decoration, device, engagement, ensign, espousal, gong, Mark, medal, order, plume, sign, target), tarz (angle, fashion, form, genre, manner, method, modality, mode, modus, school, stroke, style, way), işlemek (brake, commit, cultivate, discourse, engrave, farm, ferry, forge, function, go, grave, hammer, handle, indwell, instil, instill, operate, penetrate, perform, perpetrate, print, process, run, sink, sink into, stamp, strike, tame, till, travel, treat, work). (various references)

   

Turkmen 

  

tagmalamak (stigmatize), tagma (stigma, strain), daglamak (grill). (various references)

   

Ukrainian

  

таврувати (burn, cauterize, earmark, note, stigmatize), тавро (stamp), клеймити (earmark), головня, головешка, марка (counter). (various references)

   

Vietnamese 

  

vết dấu sắt nung vết nhơ. (various references)

   

Welsh

  

tewyn (ember), pentewyn (firebrand), nod (aim, mark, note, token), gwarthnodi (stigmatize). (various references)

Source: compiled by the editor from various translation references.

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Ancestral Language Translations: Brand

LanguagePeriodTranslations
Sumerian3100 BCE-2500 BCE

gug, zib. (various references)

Latin500 BCE-Modern

cauteriatam, character, inscripta, inscriptus, nota, notarent, notas, notate, noto, stigma, stigmare. (various references)

Source: compiled by the editor from various references.

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Bible Trace: Brand

LanguageDateSourceGenesis Chapter 15, Verse 17
Greek (transliterated)250 BCSeptuagintEpei de egineto o hlioV proV dusmaiV flox egeneto kai idou klibanoV kapnizomenoV kai lampadeV puroV ai dihlqon ana meson twn dicotomhmatwn toutwn
Latin405VulgateCum ergo occubuisset sol facta est caligo tenebrosa et apparuit clibanus fumans et lampas ignis transiens inter divisiones illas
Old English990West SaxonÐa ða sunne eode to setle, ða sloh ðær mycel mist, ond ferde swylce an ofen eal smociende, ond leohtberende fyr ferde ofer ða lac.
Middle English1395WyclifThanne whan the sunne is gon down, there was maad a derk clowd, and a furneys smekynge aperyde, and a lawmpe of fijr, passynge bitwix tho dyuysiouns.
Renaissance English1526TyndaleWhen the sonne was doune and it was waxed darke: beholde there was a smokynge furnesse and a fyre brand that went betwene the sayde peces.
Jacobean English1611King JamesAnd it came to pass, that, when the sun went down, and it was dark, behold a smoking furnace, and a burning lamp that passed between those pieces.
Victorian English1833WebsterAnd it came to pass, that when the sun had gone down, and it was dark, behold a smoking furnace, and a burning lamp that passed between those pieces.
Basic English1964OgdenThen when the sun went down and it was dark, he saw a smoking fire and a flaming light which went between the parts of the bodies.

Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

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Matched Bible Translations: Brand

LanguageGenesis Chapter 15, Verse 17
CebuanoUg nahitabo nga sa pagkasalop na sa adlaw ug mangitngit na, tan-awa, usa ka hudno nga nag-aso ug usa ka sulo nga kalayo, nga miagi sa taliwala sa mga mananap nga pinikas.
Chinese日 落 天 黑 、 不 料 有 冒 煙 的 爐 、 並 燒 著 的 火 把 、 從 那 些 肉 塊 中 經 過 。
CroatianKad je sunce zašlo i pao gust mrak, pojavi se zadimljen žeravnjak i goruæa zublja te proðu izmeðu onih dijelova.
DanishDa Solen var gået ned og Mørket faldet på, viste der sig en rygende Ovn med en flammende Ildslue, der skred frem mellem de sønderskårne Kroppe.
DutchEn het geschiedde, dat de zon onderging en het duister werd, en ziet, daar was een rokende oven en vurige fakkel, die tussen die stukken doorging.
FinnishJa kun aurinko oli laskenut ja oli tullut pilkkopimeä, näkyi suitsuava pätsi ja liekehtivä tuli, joka liikkui uhrikappaleiden välissä.
FrenchQuand le soleil fut couché, il y eut une obscurité profonde; et voici, ce fut une fournaise fumante, et des flammes passèrent entre les animaux partagés.
GermanAls nun die Sonne untergegangen und es finster geworden war, siehe, da rauchte ein Ofen, und ein Feuerflamme fuhr zwischen den Stücken hin.
Haitian Creole¶ Apre solèy fin kouche, te fè nwa anpil. Epi men li, yon recho ki t'ap fè lafimen ansanm ak yon gwo bwa dife tout limen parèt. Yo pase nan mitan moso vyann bèt yo.
HungarianÉs mikor a nap leméne és setétség lõn, ímé egy füstölgõ kemencze, és tüzes fáklya, mely általmegyen vala a húsdarabok között.
Indonesian-Bahasa Sehari-hariKetika hari sudah malam, tiba-tiba muncul sebuah anglo yang berasap dan obor yang menyala, lalu lewat di antara potongan-potongan daging itu.
Indonesian-Terjemahan LamaHata, setelah sudah masuk matahari dan malampun telah sampai, sesungguhnya adalah di sana sebuah dapur yang berasap dan sepucuk damar yang bernyala-nyala itu melintas ditengah-tengah segala penggal itu.
ItalianQuando, tramontato il sole, si era fatto buio fitto, ecco un forno fumante e una fiaccola ardente passarono in mezzo agli animali divisi.
Maori¶ Na i te tonga o te ra, no ka pouri, na, ko te oumu paowa, me te rama e ka ana, e tika ana i waenganui o aua porohanga.
NorwegianDa nu solen var gått ned, og det var blitt aldeles mørkt, fikk han se en rykende ovn og en luende ild som for frem mellem kjøttstykkene.
PortugueseQuando o sol já estava posto, e era escuro, eis um fogo fumegante e uma tocha de fogo, que passaram por entre aquelas metades.   
RumanianDupq ce a asfinyit soarele, s`a fqcut un kntunerec adknc; wi iatq cq a iewit un fum ca dintr`un cuptor, wi niwte flqcqri au trecut printre dobitoacele despicate.
SwedishDå nu solen hade gått ned och det hade blivit alldeles mörkt, syntes en rykande ugn med flammande låga, som for fram mellan styckena.

Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

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Derivations & Misspellings: Brand

Derivations

Words beginning with "brand": branded, brander, branders, brandied, brandies, branding, brandish, brandished, brandishes, brandishing, brands, brandy, brandying. (additional references)

Words ending with "brand": firebrand, misbrand, nonbrand. (additional references)

Words containing "brand": firebrands, misbranded, misbranding, misbrands, unbranded. (additional references)


Misspellings

"Brand" is suggested in spellcheckers for the following: bandh, beand, Birjand, bram, brana, branc, branda, Brande, brandr, brane, Brang, brank, brano, Braud, brawd, Brenod, brind, Bronydd, brund, brundt, byrnand, frand, prand, srand. (additional references)

Source: compiled by the editor, based on several corpora (additional references).

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Rhyming with "Brand"

# of Phoneme MatchesPronunciationWord(s) rhyming with "brand" (pronounced bra"nd)
4-r a" n dgrand, rand, strand.
3-a" n dand, band, banned, bland, canned, command, demand, disband, land, expand, fanned, firsthand, gland, hand, manned, meadowland, misunderstand, offhand, outmanned, panned, planned, remand, sand, scanned, spanned, stand, tanned, understand, unmanned, unplanned, withstand.

Source: compiled by the editor (additional references); see credits.

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Anagrams: Brand

Scrabble® Enable2K-Verified Anagrams

Words within the letters "a-b-d-n-r"

-1 letter: band, bard, barn, brad, bran, darb, darn, drab, nard, rand.

-2 letters: and, arb, bad, ban, bar, bra, dab, nab, rad, ran.

-3 letters: ab, ad, an, ar, ba, na.

 Words containing the letters "a-b-d-n-r"
 

+1 letter: bander, brands, brandy, riband, roband.

 

+2 letters: armband, banders, bandora, bandore, barding, bartend, birdman, blander, bodhran, bradoon, brained, branded, brander, branned, brigand, broaden, inboard, onboard, proband, ribands, ribband, robands, sandbar, sandbur, unbraid.

 

+3 letters: abradant, abrading, airbound, armbands, bandager, banderol, banditry, bandoras, bandores, bankcard, bannered, bantered, barnyard, bartends, baudrons, bearding, bedarken, bilander, blinkard, boarding, boardman, boardmen, bodhrans, boneyard, boundary, braconid, bradding, bradoons, braiding, branched, branders, brandied, brandies, branding, brandish, brazened, breading, breadnut, brigands, broadens, browband, debonair, drabbing, drabness, endbrain, hairband, hangbird, inboards, landgrab, midbrain, misbrand, nonbrand, probands, rainband, rainbird, rawboned, ribbands, sandbars, sandburr, sandburs, saraband, turbaned, unbarbed, unbarred, unbeared, unbraced, unbraids, unbraked.

Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

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INDEX

1. Definition
2. Synonyms
3. Crosswords
4. Usage: Modern
5. Usage: Commercial
6. Images: Slideshow
7. Images: Photo Album
8. Images: Digital Art
9. Quotations: Familiar
10. Quotations: Non-fiction
11. Usage Frequency
12. Names: Frequency
13. Names: Derived from
14. Names: Company Usage
15. Expressions
16. Expressions: Internet
17. Translations: Modern
18. Translations: Ancient
19. Bible Trace
20. Derivations
21. Rhymes
22. Anagrams
23. Bibliography


  

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