proprietary

7 definitions • 12 examples

relating to owning something, or relating to or like an owner:

I just assumed he owned the place - he had a proprietary air about him.

Proprietary goods are made and sent out by a particular company whose name is on the product:

proprietary medicines

owned and legally controlled by a particular company:

This is proprietary software, and you have no right to copy it without a license from the owner.

used in the names of companies in Australia, New Zealand, and South Africa:

Tenneco Energy Australia Pty Ltd

used to describe a product that is made and sold by a particular company whose name, or a name that it owns, is on the product:

The products were developed using two proprietary and patented technologies.

The company focused too heavily proprietary products as the source of competitive advantage.

a proprietary brand/name

a proprietary drug/medicine

proprietary software/systems

relating to ideas or information that belong to one particular company and can only be used by them:

proprietary content/data/information

The equation used to produce the estimates is proprietary.

relating to an owner or to the fact of owning something:

The employees have a proprietary interest in the company.