Proprietary

Definition - Noun
1  : something that is used, produced, or marketed under exclusive legal right of the inventor or maker
specif
: a drug (as a patent medicine) that is protected by secrecy, patent, or copyright against free competition as to name, product, composition, or process of manufacture
2  : a business secretly owned by and run as a cover for an intelligence operation
Pronunciationpr&-'prI-&-"ter-E

Definition - adj
1 a  : held as property of a private owner
b  : of, relating to, or characteristic of a proprietor <~ rights>
2  : used, made, or marketed by one having the exclusive legal right <a ~ process>
3  : privately owned and managed and run as a profit-making organization <a ~ insurer> <a ~ clinic>
4  : of or relating to the acts of a municipality which profit or benefit the municipality and for which it is answerable in negligence

Pronunciation Key

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  • \&r\ as ur and er in f urther
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  • \A\ as a in ace
  • \?\ as o in m op
  • \au\ as ou in ou t
  • \ch\ as ch in ch in
  • \e\ as e in bet
  • \E\ as ea in easy
  • \g\ as g in go
  • \i\ as i in hit
  • \I\ as i in ice
  • \j\ as j in job
  • \[ng]\ as ng in sing
  • \O\ as o in go
  • \o\ as aw in law
  • \oi\ as oy in boy
  • \th\ as th in thin
  • \[th_]\ as thin the
  • \?\ as oo in loot
  • \u\ as oo in foot
  • \y\ as y in yet
  • \zh\ as si in vision


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