1 a type of product made by a particular company:
Which brand of toothpaste do you use? * (BrE) You pay less for the supermarket's own brand. * (AmE) You pay less for the store brand. * brand loyalty (= the tendency of customers to continue buying the same brand) * Champagne houses owe their success to brand image. * the leading brand of detergent
seealsoOWN-BRAND
2 a particular type or kind of sth:
an unorthodox brand of humour * I don't think Bertha would appreciate your particular brand of sympathy.
3 a mark made with a piece of hot metal, especially on farm animals to show who owns them
verb [oftenpassive]
1 ~ sb (as) sth to describe sb as being sth bad or unpleasant, especially unfairly:
[VN] They were branded as liars and cheats. * [VN-N] The newspapers branded her a hypocrite. [also VN-ADJ]
2 [VN] ~ sth (with sth) to mark an animal with a brand to show who owns it
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Sourced from Main Dictionary in Lughet's collection.
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