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branded
brand B0454000 (brănd)n.1. a. A trademark or distinctive name identifying a product, service, or organization.b. A product or service so identified: bought a popular brand of soap.c. An association of positive qualities with a widely recognized name, as of a product line or celebrity: The company tried to improve its brand by donating money to charity.d. A distinctive category; a particular kind: a brand of comedy that I do not care for.2. A mark indicating identity or ownership, burned on the hide of an animal with a hot iron.3. a. A mark burned into a person's flesh, as to identify a convicted criminal or a slave.b. A mark burned into a person's flesh for ornamental or aesthetic purposes.4. An association of disgrace or notoriety with something; a stigma. See Synonyms at stain.5. A branding iron.6. A piece of burning or charred wood.7. A sword: "So flashed and fell the brand Excalibur" (Tennyson).tr.v. brand·ed, brand·ing, brands 1. To mark with a hot iron, as to show ownership: branded the steer.2. To provide with or publicize using a brand name or other readily recognized identifier: a line of cars branded with mythological names.3. To consider or label as disgraceful or infamous; stigmatize: branded the deserters as cowards.4. To impress firmly; fix ineradicably: Imagery of the war has branded itself into the national consciousness.
[Middle English, torch, from Old English; see gwher- in Indo-European roots.]
brand′er n.branded (ˈbrændɪd) adj (Marketing) identifiable as being the product of a particular manufacturer or marketing companyThesaurus| Adj. | 1. | branded - (of goods and merchandise) marked or labeled by a distinctive word or symbol indicating exclusive rights; "branded merchandise is that bearing a standard brand name"proprietary - protected by trademark or patent or copyright; made or produced or distributed by one having exclusive rights; "`Tylenol' is a proprietary drug of which `acetaminophen' is the generic form" | | 2. | branded - marked with a brand; "branded cattle"; "branded criminal"unbranded - not marked with a brand; "unbranded cattle" |
TranslationsLegalSeeBrandFinancialSeebrandbranded
Antonyms for brandedadj (of goods and merchandise) marked or labeled by a distinctive word or symbol indicating exclusive rightsRelated Wordsadj marked with a brandAntonyms |