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proprietary

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Concise Oxford English Dictionary © 2008 Oxford University Press:
proprietary/prəˈprʌɪətri/

▶adjective

1 relating to or characteristic of an owner or ownership.

2 (of a product) marketed under a registered trade name.

– origin ME: from late L. proprietarius ‘proprietor’, from proprietas (see property).

'proprietary' also found in these Oxford entries:

Barbie doll - corona - custard - daks - dodgem - dumpster - google - gunk - moxie - non-proprietary - P - photoshop - podcast - porta- - productize - proprietary name - Pty - ritz - simonize - tabloid - Tencel

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