proprietary
A proprietor or ownerA proprietor or owner.
» The only drivers for this hardware are proprietary.
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5 sensesA proprietor or owner.
A body of proprietors, taken collectively.
The rights of a proprietor.
A monk who had reserved goods and belongings to himself, notwithstanding his renunciation of all at the time of profession.
A company doing legitimate business while also serving as a front for espionage.
- an unincorporated business owned by a single person who is responsible for its liabilities and entitled to its profits
Examples
7 sentencesThe only drivers for this hardware are proprietary.
The only functional drivers for this hardware are proprietary.
Currently, most of that data is expensive and proprietary.
I've come here today to talk about the dangers of proprietary software.
Our software is proprietary.
Origin
From French propriétaire, from Latin proprietārius. By surface analysis, propriety + -ary.From French propriétaire, from Latin proprietārius. By surface analysis, propriety + -ary. Compare with the Latin proprietas (“property”) and proprius (“ownership”).
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Forms
plural: proprietaries| Singular | proprietary |
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Synonyms
1 synonyms- an unincorporated business owned by a single person who is responsible for its liabilities and entitled to its profits:proprietorship
See also
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