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单词 proprietary
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WordReference Random House Learner's Dictionary of American English © 2024
pro•pri•e•tar•y /prəˈpraɪɪˌtɛri/USA pronunciation   adj., n., pl. -tar•ies. 
adj. 
  1. relating to, belonging to, or being a proprietor.
  2. acting as if one were an owner:She put a proprietary arm around her companion.

n. [countable]
  1. a proprietor or a group of proprietors.
See -propr-.
WordReference Random House Unabridged Dictionary of American English © 2024
pro•pri•e•tar•y  (prə prīi ter′ē),USA pronunciation adj., n., pl. -tar•ies. 
adj. 
  1. belonging to a proprietor.
  2. being a proprietor; holding property:the proprietary class.
  3. pertaining to property or ownership:proprietary wealth.
  4. belonging or controlled as property.
  5. manufactured and sold only by the owner of the patent, formula, brand name, or trademark associated with the product:proprietary medicine.
  6. privately owned and operated for profit:proprietary hospitals.

n. 
  1. an owner or proprietor.
  2. a body of proprietors.
  3. American Historythe grantee or owner, or one of the grantees or owners, of a proprietary colony.
  4. ownership.
  5. something owned, esp. real estate.
  6. Drugsa proprietary medicine.
  7. EducationAlso called proprietary school. a school organized as a profit-making venture primarily to teach vocational skills or self-improvement techniques.
  • Medieval Latin proprietārius owner, noun, nominal use of Late Latin: of an owner, of ownership. See propriety, -ary
  • late Middle English (noun, nominal) 1400–50
pro•pri•e•tar•i•ly  (prə prī′i târi lē, -prīi ter′-),USA pronunciation adv. 
Collins Concise English Dictionary © HarperCollins Publishers::
proprietary /prəˈpraɪɪtərɪ -trɪ/ adj
  1. of, relating to, or belonging to property or proprietors
  2. privately owned and controlled
  3. of or denoting a drug or agent manufactured and distributed under a trade name
    Compare ethical
n ( pl -taries)
  1. a proprietary drug or agent
  2. a proprietor or proprietors collectively
  3. right to property
  4. property owned
  5. Also called: lord proprietary (in Colonial America) an owner, governor, or grantee of a proprietary colony
Etymology: 15th Century: from Late Latin proprietārius an owner, from proprius one's own

proˈprietarily adv
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