Meaning of proprietary | Babel Free

Definitions

1. A proprietor or owner.
2. Of or relating to property or ownership
3. A body of proprietors, taken collectively.
4. Owning something; having ownership
5. The rights of a proprietor.
6. Created or manufactured exclusively by the owner or licensee of intellectual property rights, as with a patent or trade secret
7. A monk who had reserved goods and belongings to himself, notwithstanding his renunciation of all at the time of profession.
8. Nonstandard and controlled by one particular organization
9. A company doing legitimate business while also serving as a front for espionage.
10. Privately owned

Equivalents

Examples

“Wherefore what issue soever shall result from my mind , by his means most happily married to a retired life , must , of due , redound to his honour , as the sole proprietary of my pains during my present condition”

“For all practical purposes, the proprietaries conduct their own financial affairs with a minimum of oversight from CIA headquarters.”

“The “operating proprietaries” actually do business as private firms. They are incorporated where they are officed, they file the applicable state and federal tax returns, and they obtain the licenses necessary to a legitimate business operation.”

CEFR level