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brand name

–noun
1. a word, name, symbol, etc., esp. one legally registered as a trademark, used by a manufacturer or merchant to identify its products distinctively from others of the same type and usually prominently displayed on its goods, in advertising, etc.
2. a product, line of products, or service bearing a widely known brand name.
3. Informal. a person who is notable or famous, esp. in a particular field: The reception was replete with brand names from politics and the arts.

Origin:
1920–25

brand-name

[brand-neym]
–adjective
1. having or being a brand name: nationally known brand-name food products.
2. Informal. widely familiar; well-known: Several brand-name personalities will be performing at the benefit.

Origin:
1920–25
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brand name  
n.  
  1. See trade name.

  2. A commodity, service, or process having a trade name.

brand'-name' (brānd'nām') adj.
trade name  
n.  
  1. A name used to identify a commercial product or service, which may or may not be registered as a trademark. Also called brand name.

  2. The name by which a commodity, service, or process is known to the trade.

  3. The name under which a business firm operates.

The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, Fourth Edition
Copyright © 2009 by Houghton Mifflin Company.
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Main Entry: brand name
Function: noun
: TRADE NAME
Merriam-Webster's Dictionary of Law, © 1996 Merriam-Webster, Inc.
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