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brand 
[brand] Pronunciation Key
—Related forms
[brand] Pronunciation Key –noun
–verb (used with object)
| 1. | kind, grade, or make, as indicated by a stamp, trademark, or the like: the best brand of coffee. |
| 2. | a mark made by burning or otherwise, to indicate kind, grade, make, ownership, etc. |
| 3. | a mark formerly put upon criminals with a hot iron. |
| 4. | any mark of disgrace; stigma. |
| 5. | branding iron. |
| 6. | 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. |
| 7. | a burning or partly burned piece of wood. |
| 8. | Archaic. a sword. |
| 9. | to label or mark with or as if with a brand. |
| 10. | to mark with disgrace or infamy; stigmatize. |
| 11. | to impress indelibly: The plane crash was branded on her mind. |
| 12. | to give a brand name to: branded merchandise. |
| 13. | to promote as a brand name. |
[Origin: bef. 950; ME, OE: burning, a burning piece of wood, torch, sword; c. D brand, G Brand, ON brandr; akin to burn1]
] —Related forms
brander, noun
brandless, adjective
—Synonyms 4. stain, spot, blot, taint.
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Brand
[brand] Pronunciation Key
[brand] Pronunciation Key –noun
| 1. | Oscar, born 1920, U.S. folk singer, born in Canada. |
| 2. | a male given name. |
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American Heritage Dictionary - Cite This Source - Share This
| brand
(brānd) Pronunciation Key
n.
tr.v. brand·ed, brand·ing, brands
[Middle English, torch, from Old English; see gwher- in Indo-European roots.] brand'er n. |
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Online Etymology Dictionary - Cite This Source - Share This
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brand
O.E. brand, brond "firebrand, piece of burning wood, torch," and (poetic) "sword," from P.Gmc. *brandaz, from base *bran-/*bren- (see burn). Meaning of "identifying mark made by a hot iron" (1552) broadened 1827 to "a particular make of goods." Brand-new is c.1570 and must have meant "fresh from the fire" (Shakespeare has fire-new).
Online Etymology Dictionary, © 2001 Douglas Harper
WordNet - Cite This Source - Share This
| brand | |
noun | |
| 1. | a name given to a product or service [syn: trade name] |
| 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 [syn: mark] |
| 6. | a cutting or thrusting weapon that has a long metal blade and a hilt with a hand guard [syn: sword] |
verb | |
| 1. | burn with a branding iron to indicate ownership; of animals |
| 2. | to accuse or condemn or openly or formally or brand as disgraceful; "He denounced the government action"; "She was stigmatized by society because she had a child out of wedlock" [syn: stigmatize] |
| 3. | mark with a brand or trademark; "when this product is not branded it sells for a lower price" |
| 4. | mark or expose as infamous; "She was branded a loose woman" [syn: post] |
WordNet® 3.0, © 2006 by Princeton University.
Investopedia - Cite This Source - Share This
Brand
A distinguishing symbol, mark, logo, name, word, sentence, or a combination of these items that companies use to distinguish their product from others in the market.
Investopedia Commentary
Once a brand has created positive sentiment amongst the target audience, the firm is said to have built brand equity. Some examples of firms with brand equity--possessing very recognizable brands of products--are Microsoft, Coca-Cola, Ferrari, Sony, The Gap, and Nokia.
Legal protection given to a brand name is called a trademark.
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See also: Brand Equity, Equity, Intangible Asset, Tangible Asset, Trademark
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Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary - Cite This Source - Share This
Brand
Brand\, n. [OE. brand, brond, AS. brand brond brand, sword, from byrnan, beornan, to burn; akin to D., Dan., Sw., & G. brand brand, Icel. brandr a brand, blade of a sword. [root]32. See Burn, v. t., and cf. Brandish.]1. A burning piece of wood; or a stick or piece of wood partly burnt, whether burning or after the fire is extinct. Snatching a live brand from a wigwam, Mason threw it on a matted roof. --Palfrey. 2. A sword, so called from its glittering or flashing brightness. [Poetic] --Tennyson. Paradise, so late their happy seat, Waved over by that flaming brand. --Milton. 3. A mark made by burning with a hot iron, as upon a cask, to designate the quality, manufacturer, etc., of the contents, or upon an animal, to designate ownership; -- also, a mark for a similar purpose made in any other way, as with a stencil. Hence, figurately: Quality; kind; grade; as, a good brand of flour. 4. A mark put upon criminals with a hot iron. Hence: Any mark of infamy or vice; a stigma. The brand of private vice. --Channing. 5. An instrument to brand with; a branding iron. 6. (Bot.) Any minute fungus which produces a burnt appearance in plants. The brands are of many species and several genera of the order Puccini[ae]i.
Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary, © 1996, 1998 MICRA, Inc.
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Brand\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Branded; p. pr. & vb. n. Branding.]. 1. To burn a distinctive mark into or upon with a hot iron, to indicate quality, ownership, etc., or to mark as infamous (as a convict). 2. To put an actual distinctive mark upon in any other way, as with a stencil, to show quality of contents, name of manufacture, etc. 3. Fig.: To fix a mark of infamy, or a stigma, upon. The Inquisition branded its victims with infamy. --Prescott. There were the enormities, branded and condemned by the first and most natural verdict of common humanity. --South. 4. To mark or impress indelibly, as with a hot iron. As if it were branded on my mind. --Geo. Eliot.
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