proprietary
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ɪˌtɛr adjective
1.
belonging to a proprietor.
2.
being a proprietor; holding property: the proprietary class.
3.
pertaining to property or ownership: proprietary wealth.
4.
belonging or controlled as property.
5.
manufactured and sold only by the owner of the patent, formula, brand name, or trademark associated with the product: proprietary medicine.
noun
7.
an owner or proprietor.
8.
a body of proprietors.
9.
American History. the grantee or owner, or one of the grantees or owners, of a proprietary colony.
10.
11.
something owned, especially real estate.
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proprietary (prəˈpraɪɪtərɪ, -trɪ) ![[Click for IPA pronunciation guide]](http://static.sfdict.com/dictstatic/g/d/dictionary_questionbutton_default.gif) | |
| —adj | |
| 1. | of, relating to, or belonging to property or proprietors |
| 2. | privately owned and controlled |
| 3. | med Compare ethical of or denoting a drug or agent manufactured and distributed under a trade name |
| —n , -taries | |
| 4. | med a proprietary drug or agent |
| 5. | a proprietor or proprietors collectively |
| 6. | a. right to property |
| b. property owned | |
| 7. | Also called: lord proprietary (in Colonial America) an owner, governor, or grantee of a proprietary colony |
| [C15: from Late Latin proprietārius an owner, from proprius one's own] | |
| pro'prietarily | |
| —adv | |
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Word Origin & History
proprietary
mid-15c., "possessing worldly goods in excess of a cleric's needs," from M.L. proprietarius "owner of property," noun use of L.L. adj. proprietarius "of a property holder," from L. proprietas "owner" (see property). Meaning "held in private ownership" is first attested 1580s.
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Medical Dictionary
proprietary pro·pri·e·tar·y (prə-prī'ĭ-těr'ē)
adj.
Exclusively owned, as of a hospital.
Owned by an individual or corporation under a trademark or patent, as of a drug.
A proprietary medicine.
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Slang Dictionary
proprietary
adj.1. In marketroid-speak, superior; implies a product imbued with exclusive magic by the unmatched brilliance of the company's own hardware or software designers.
2. In the language of hackers and users, inferior; implies a product not conforming to open-systems standards, and thus one that puts the customer at the mercy of a vendor able to gouge freely on service and upgrade charges after the initial sale has locked the customer in. Often in the phrase "proprietary crap".
3. Synonym for closed-source, e.g. software issued in binary without source and under a restructive license.
Since the coining of the term open source, many hackers have made a conscious effort to distinguish between `proprietary' and `commercial' software. It is possible for software to be commercial (that is, intended to make a profit for the producers) without being proprietary. The reverse is also possible, for example in binary-only freeware.
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proprietary definition
1. In marketroid-speak, superior; implies a product imbued with exclusive magic by the unmatched brilliance of the company's own hardware or software designers.
2. In the language of hackers and users, inferior; implies a product not conforming to open-systems standards, and thus one that puts the customer at the mercy of a vendor who can inflate service and upgrade charges after the initial sale has locked the customer in.
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Example sentences
The details are proprietary, but it's a combination of metallurgy and the process that allows us to do it.
For a business, that information would be proprietary.
He believes that this aspect of trading may be less cyclical than other sources of revenue, such as proprietary positions.
Many work for firms that develop both open-source and proprietary programs and combine them in all kinds of business models.
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