Proprietary

Definition: Proprietary

Proprietary

Adjective

1. 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".

Noun

1. An unincorporated business owned by a single person who is responsible for its liabilities and entitled to its profits.

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

Date "proprietary" was first used: 1450. (references)

Computing

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

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

Synonym: Proprietary

Possessor

Owner; proprietor, proprietress, proprietary; impropriator, master, mistress, lord.

Crosswords: Proprietary

References

• Proprietary Energy Industries Inc: International Competitive Benchmarks and Financial Gap Analysis (reference)

• East Rand Proprietary Mines Limited: International Competitive Benchmarks and Financial Gap Analysis (reference)

• The 2001 Report on Drug & Proprietary Stores: World Market Segmentation by City (reference)

• The 2001 Long-Run Global Growth Prospects for Drug & Proprietary Stores: A Physioeconomic Perspective (reference)

• The 2000-2005 Outlook for Drug Stores and Proprietary Stores in Asia (reference)

  (more reference examples)

Books

• BROKEN HILL PROPRIETARY COMPANY LTD.: International Competitive Benchmarks and Financial Gap Analysis [DOWNLOAD: ADOBE READER] (reference)

• Handbook of Proprietary Medicines: Bottle Collecting (reference)

• Proprietary Capitalism: The Textile Manufacture at Philadelphia, 1800-1885 (reference)

• Proprietary Content, Applications, and Unmetered Access Drive Consumer Behavior [DOWNLOAD: PDF] (reference)

• Proprietary Interests in Commercial Transactions (reference)

  (more book examples)

High Tech

• Curtis 10FT Male Dte Rs-630 Cable With Proprietary 60Pin Connector (reference)

  (more camera examples; more video game examples; more computer examples; more electronic examples; more software examples)

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

Health

Trade, proprietary, or company names appearing in this document are used only because they are considered necessary in the context of the information provided. (references)

Business

Retained earnings is an equity account reflecting the accumulated earnings of proprietary funds. (references)

As well, local software firms only recently initiated development of proprietary B2B EC software. (references)

Domestic manufacturers of proprietary drugs are meanwhile considering marketing generic versions of their own pharmaceuticals. (references)

Civil Liberties

Cote d'Ivoire

In practice the Government tolerates much academic freedom, but it inhibits political expression through its proprietary control of most educational facilities, even at the post-secondary level. (references)

Economic History

Guinea

OAPI has recently established an office in Conakry to assist in the protection of proprietary information and trade secrets. (references)

Japan

Finally, the degree to which U.S. firms must disclose trade secrets or proprietary information is a key consideration. (references)

Political Economy

MEXICO

Mexico established minimum standards for protection of sound recordings, computer programs, and proprietary data, and by providing express protection for trade secrets and proprietary information. (references)

THAILAND

Costs, testing, duration, and demands for proprietary information associated with the permitting process can be burdensome. (references)

POLAND

While Poland has significantly improved its legal framework for intellectual property rights protection, this progress is overshadowed by insufficient enforcement and recent moves to abolish the confidentiality of proprietary test data for pharmaceutical drugs ("data exclusivity"). (references)

Trade

Indonesia

A product registration regulation is also in place that requires detailed product processing information so as to approach proprietary information. (references)

Mexico

Some manufacturers have concerns about the proprietary nature of the test results and are not willing to submit their products to their competitors for a test. (references)

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

Expressions using "proprietary": proprietary articles ♦ proprietary band ♦ proprietary brand ♦ proprietary classes ♦ proprietary colony ♦ proprietary firm ♦ proprietary information ♦ proprietary interest ♦ proprietary life company ♦ proprietary medicinal product ♦ proprietary medicine ♦ proprietary medicines ♦ proprietary name ♦ proprietary network ♦ proprietary program ♦ proprietary right ♦ proprietary rights. Additional references.

Beginning with "proprietary": proprietary-based, proprietary-branded.

Ending with "proprietary": non-proprietary.

Albanian

pronar (boss, holder, landlord, manager, master, owner, proprietor), pronësi (demesne, possession, proprietorship), preparat famaceutik, të pronarit, që ka zot, i regjistruar (canned, on record, registered), i patentuar (patent), grup pronarësh. (various references)

Arabic 

‏كبارالملاك, ‏ملكي (facultative, imperial, kingly, king's, mine, monarchal, monarchist, of mine, possessive, regal, royal, royalistic, sovereign), ‏ملكاني, ‏متملك (possessor), ‏مالكي, ‏المالك (absentee, owner, proprietor), ‏إمتلاكي. (various references)

Bulgarian 

собственически (proprietorial), собственици, частен (particular, peculiar, private, privy), на собственик, права на собственик, патентован (established, patent), имотен (propertied, property). (various references)

Chinese 

私有 (Private), 其自身 (one's own). (various references)

Danish

proprietær online-tjeneste (proprietary on-line service), privat information (proprietary information), pharmaceutisk specialitet (proprietary medicinal product, proprietary medicine), samlet net (homogeneous computer network, homogeneous network, proprietary network, unified network), leverandørspecifik online-tjeneste (proprietary on-line service), homogent net (homogeneous computer network, homogeneous network, proprietary network, unified network), homoeopatisk specialitet (homeopathic proprietary medicinal product), fortrolig information (proprietary information), ejerskabs-program (proprietary program), andelslivsforsikringsselskab (proprietary life company). (various references)

Dutch

levensverzekeringsmaatschappij op aandelen (proprietary life company), informatie inzake eigendomsrechten (proprietary information), homogeen computernet (homogeneous computer network, homogeneous network, proprietary network, unified network), homoeopatische specialite (homeopathic proprietary medicinal product), homeopathische specialiteit (homeopathic proprietary medicinal product), gepatenteerde informatie (proprietary information), farmaceutische specialiteit (proprietary medicinal product, proprietary medicine), eigendomsrecht (ownership, proprietary law), eigendomsprogramma (proprietary program). (various references)

Esperanto

priproprieta juro (proprietary law). (various references)

Farsi 

متعلق به ملاک , وابسته به مالک , اختصاصی (Private, Privy, Separate). (various references)

Finnish

yksityiset tiedot (proprietary information), yhtenäisverkko (homogeneous computer network, homogeneous network, proprietary network, unified network), osakeyhtiömuotoinen henkivakuutusyhtiö (proprietary life company), luottamukselliset tiedot (proprietary information). (various references)

French

propriétaire (proprietor, proprietress), propriété exclusive, exclusif. (various references)

German

gesetzlich geschützt (patent), eigentums-, besitzergreifend (possessive, possessively), besitzend (owning, possessing, propertied), besitz- (acquire property). (various references)

Greek 

κατάλογοσ ιδιοκτητών, όμιλοσ κτηματίων, ιδιόκτητοσ (one's own), ιδιοκτητικόσ (proprietorial), ιδιοκτήτησ (liveryman, owner, proprietor). (various references)

Hebrew 

של �"בעלים, ק� י� י. (various references)

Hungarian

tulajdonos (bearer, keeper, owner, possessor, proprietor), szabadalmazott (patent), tulajdonosi (proprietorial), birtokos (genitive, haver, holder, keeper, occupant, possessive, possessor, propertied, proprietor). (various references)

Italian

proprio (appropriate, at all, characteristic, exact, exactly, her, his, its, jolly, just, literal, one's, one's own, own, particular, personal, proper, quite, real, really, right, suitable, their, typical, very, your), privato (personal, private, private person, privy, quiet), patentato (certified, licensed, patent, prize), registrato (logged, recorded, registered), con nome depositato. (various references)

Korean 

소� (Owed, Owning, Possessing, Possessive, Proprietaries). (various references)

Manx

shelloodagh, caireydagh. (various references)

Pig Latin

oprietarypray

Portuguese

proprietário (keeper, owner, padrone, proprietor, riparian), propriedade (demesne, effect, estate, ground, lordship, ownership, patrimony, possession, possessions, property, proprietorship, propriety, quality), direito de propriedade (property, proprietorship). (various references)

Romanian

proprietate (affection, demesne, estate, feature, hand, having, holding, ownership, peculiarity, possession, property), patentat (patent, patented), particular (peculiar, personal, private, privy, separate, specific), de proprietate, brevetat (patented). (various references)

Russian 

собственнический (possessive, property owning, property-owning, proprietorial), класс собственников, право собственности (ownership, proprietary right, title), патентованный (patent), патентованное средство (nostrum). (various references)

Serbo-Croatian

vlasnički (possessive, possessory). (various references)

Spanish

propietarios, propietario (landlord, owner, proprietor, squire), propiedad (appropriateness, chattel, deprivation, domain, estate, holding, individual, ownership, property, proprietorship, propriety, right), privado (abridged, bereft, favorite, favourite, independent, inquiry, intimate, minion, personal, private, privy, quiet), patentado (patent, patented), de propiedad. (various references)

Swedish

patentskyddad medicin, patentskyddad, egendom (belongings, estate, possession, premise, property), ägare (holder, mistress, owner, propraetor, proprietor), ägande-. (various references)

Turkish

tescilli mümessil, tescilli ilaç, tescilli (patent, registered), mal sahipliğine ait, mal sahipleri, mal sahibi (owner, possessor, proprietor), müseccel, mülkiyet ile ilgili, kişiye özel (personal, private), hissedarlar, şahsi (closet, individual, personal, private, self), özel (ad hoc, closet, distinctive, esoteric, especial, exclusive, express, extraordinary, individual, intimate, particular, peculiar, personal, private, privy, proper, self, sole, special, specific, state, very). (various references)

Ukrainian

власницький (possessive), власник (haver, holder, keeper, owner, possessor, proprietor), земельна власність (proprietorship), право власності (ownership, property, propriety), приватний (back yard, offstage, private, privy, special), патентований засіб (officinal), патентований. (various references)

Vietnamese 

thuộc chủ, tầng lớp chủ, quyền sở hữu giới chủ, người có quyền sở hữu có t� i sản. (various references)

proprietas. (various references)

proprietarius. (various references)

proprietarius. (various references)

Derivations

Words ending with "proprietary": nonproprietary. (additional references)

Misspellings

"Proprietary" is suggested in spellcheckers for the following: properietary, propietary, propriatary, proprieatry, proprietar, proprietare, proprieter, proprietery, proprietory, proprietrary, proprietry, Proprinter, propriotary, propritary, propriteary, proproetary, proptietary. (additional references)

Source: the U.S. Library of Congress and various crossword puzzle references.

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

Scrabble® Enable2K-Verified Anagrams

-2 letters: portrayer, propriety.

-3 letters: parroter, priorate, property.

-4 letters: airport, parroty, partier, partyer, periapt, pierrot, portray, praetor, preriot, prorate, rapport, retiary, tarrier, topiary, trapper, tripper.

-5 letters: artery, artier, irater, opiate, orrery, papery, papyri, parity, parrot, pirate, poetry, popery, porter, potpie, prater, prayer, prepay, pretor, priory, proper, protea, protei, pyrite, pyrope, rapier, rapper, raptor, rarity, repair, report.

+1 letter: perspiratory.

+2 letters: preparatorily.

+3 letters: nonproprietary.