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[brand]

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noun

kind, grade, or make, as indicated by a stamp, trademark, or the like: the best brand of coffee.

a mark made by burning or otherwise, to indicate kind, grade, make, ownership, etc.

a mark formerly put upon criminals with a hot iron.

any mark of disgrace; stigma.

branding iron.

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a kind or variety of something distinguished by some distinctive characteristic: The movie was filled with slapstick—a brand of humor he did not find funny.

a burning or partly burned piece of wood.

Archaic. a sword.

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verb (used with object)

to label or mark with or as if with a brand.

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to mark with disgrace or infamy; stigmatize.

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to impress indelibly: The plane crash was branded on her mind.

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to give a brand name to: branded merchandise.

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to promote as a brand name.

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Origin:
before 950; Middle English, Old English: burning, a burning piece of wood, torch, sword; cognate with Dutch brand, German Brand, Old Norse brandr; akin to burn¹

Related forms

brand·er, noun

brand·less, adjective

non·brand, adjective

re·brand, verb (used with object)

Synonyms
4. stain, spot, blot, taint.

Example Sentences

After a brand is discontinued, what's left is a name and the memories in consumers' minds.

Prestige is gained by having highly published tenured faculty and brand new costly facilities.

Now consider how to brand yourself to others as a positive colleague.

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Dictionary.com Unabridged

noun

Oscar, born 1920, U.S. folk singer, born in Canada.

a male given name.

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World English Dictionary

brand (brænd)

—n
1.	a particular product or a characteristic that serves to identify a particular product
2.	a trade name or trademark
3.	a particular kind or variety: he had his own brand of humour
4.	an identifying mark made, usually by burning, on the skin of animals or (formerly) slaves or criminals, esp as a proof of ownership
5.	an iron heated and used for branding animals, etc
6.	a mark of disgrace or infamy; stigma: he bore the brand of a coward
7.	a burning or burnt piece of wood, as in a fire
8.	archaic, poetic or
	a. a flaming torch
	b. a sword
9.	a fungal disease of garden plants characterized by brown spots on the leaves, caused by the rust fungus Puccinia arenariae

—vb
10.	to label, burn, or mark with or as with a brand
11.	to place indelibly in the memory: the scene of slaughter was branded in their minds
12.	to denounce; stigmatize: they branded him a traitor
13.	to give a product a distinctive identity by means of characteristic design, packaging, etc

[Old English brand-, related to Old Norse brandr, Old High German brant; see burn¹]

'branding

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'brander

—n

Brand (brænd)

—n
	Russell, born 1975, English comedian and television presenter

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Word Origin & History

brand

O.E. brand, brond "fire, flame; firebrand, piece of burning wood, torch," and (poetic) "sword," from P.Gmc. *brandaz (cf. O.N. brandr, O.H.G. brant, O.Fris. brond "firebrand, blade of a sword," Ger. brand "fire"), from base *bran-/*bren- (see burn). Meaning of "identifying

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mark made by a hot iron" (1550s) broadened 1827 to "a particular make of goods." Brand name is from 1922. As a verb, brand is attested from c.1400. Related: Branded; branding.

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