proprietary

/pษนษ™หˆpษนษ‘ษชษ™tษ›ษนi/

IPA: /P R AH0 P R AY1 AH0 T EH0 R IY0/

noun
  1. 1

    A proprietor or owner.

  2. 2

    A body of proprietors, taken collectively.

  3. 3

    The rights of a proprietor.

  4. 4

    A monk who had reserved goods and belongings to himself, notwithstanding his renunciation of all at the time of profession.

adjective
  1. 1

    Of or relating to property or ownership.

    โ€œproprietary rightsโ€

  2. 2

    Owning something; having ownership.

    โ€œthe proprietary classโ€

  3. 3

    Created or manufactured exclusively by the owner of intellectual property rights, as with a patent or trade secret.

    โ€œThe continuous profitability of the company is based on its many proprietary products.โ€

  4. 4

    Nonstandard and controlled by one particular organization.

  5. 5

    Privately owned.

    โ€œa proprietary lake; a proprietary chapelโ€

  6. 6

    (of a person) Possessive, jealous, or territorial.

Source: https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/proprietary