| 单词 | proprietary |
| 释义 | proprietary —proprietarily /preuh pruy'i tair"i lee, -pruy"i ter'-/, adv. /preuh pruy"i ter'ee/, adj., n., pl. proprietaries. 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. 7. an owner or proprietor. 8. a body of proprietors. 9. Amer. Hist. the grantee or owner, or one of the grantees or owners, of a proprietary colony. 10. ownership. 11. something owned, esp. real estate. 12. a proprietary medicine. 13. Also called proprietary school. a school organized as a profit-making venture primarily to teach vocational skills or self-improvement techniques. [1400-50; late ME (n.) < ML proprietarius owner, n. use of LL: of an owner, of ownership. See PROPRIETY, -ARY] |
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