Proprietary



GRE

解释

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• adj. 私有的
• ［英］ adj. 私有的 ( privately owned and managed)
• ［记］ 来自proprietor ( 所有人) +y;propr ( 拥有)
• ［同］ 同根词: property ( 财产)

Webster Collegiate

I. noun (plural -taries)

• Etymology: Middle English propietarie, from Anglo-French, from Medieval Latin propietarius, from Late Latin, adjective
• Date: 15th century
• 1. one that possesses, owns, or holds exclusive right to something; specifically proprietor 1
• 2. something that is used, produced, or marketed under exclusive legal right of the inventor or maker; specifically 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
• 3. a business secretly owned by and run as a cover for an intelligence organization

II. adjective

• Etymology: Late Latin proprietarius, from Latin proprietas property — more at property
• Date: 1589
• 1. of, relating to, or characteristic of a proprietor <proprietary rights>
• 2. used, made, or marketed by one having the exclusive legal right <a proprietary process><proprietary software>
• 3. privately owned and managed and run as a profit-making organization <a proprietary clinic>

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