adjective [usuallybeforenoun]
1 (of goods) made and sold by a particular company and protected by a REGISTEREDTRADEMARK:
a proprietary medicine * proprietary brands * a proprietary name
2 relating to an owner or to the fact of owning sth:
The company has a proprietary right to the property.
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