Definitions for proprietary

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proprietary pro·pri·e·tar·y

Spelling: [pruh-prahy-i-ter-ee]

IPA: /prəˈpraɪ ɪˌtɛr i/

Proprietary is a 11 letter English word. It's valid Scrabble word worth 18 points. It's valid Words with friends word worth 19 points.

You can make 480 anagrams from letters in proprietary (aeiopprrrty).

Definitions for proprietary

noun

1. an owner or proprietor.
2. a body of proprietors.
3. American History. the grantee or owner, or one of the grantees or owners, of a proprietary colony.
4. ownership.
5. something owned, especially real estate.
6. a proprietary medicine.
7. Also called proprietary school. a school organized as a profit-making venture primarily to teach vocational skills or self-improvement techniques.

adjective

1. belonging to a proprietor.
2. being a proprietor; holding property:
3. pertaining to property or ownership:
4. belonging or controlled as property.
5. (of a brand name, product, service, formula, etc.) protected by a patent, copyright, or trademark:
6. privately owned and operated for profit:

Origin of proprietary

1400-50; late Middle English (noun) Medieval Latin proprietārius owner, noun use of Late Latin: of an owner, of ownership. See propriety, -ar

Examples for proprietary

It will readily be seen how advantageous these proprietary rights must have been to the wife.

The Volcker Rule, a component of the far-reaching Dodd-Frank law, required large banks to cut back on proprietary trading.

That data is available only to publishers through their vendors and is proprietary unless released to the public.

The company created customized mixtapes at the point-of-sale with its own proprietary technology.

"I have a plan for her," said Harold, with a proprietary air.

He always said "your Bible," as if church members held a proprietary right.

The proprietary interest which she had always felt in him was more than ever hers now.

The CleanTech Open Global Forum, where they won the National Sustainability award in 2013, has lauded his proprietary system.

"My daughters," said Olivo, turning to Casanova with a proprietary air.

Nor did Microsoft transform its proprietary operating system into open-source code.