pro|pri|e|tar|y

pro|pri|e|tar|y
pro|pri|e|tar|y «pruh PRY uh TEHR ee», adjective, noun, plural -tar|ies.
–adj.
1. belonging to a proprietor: »

a proprietary right, a proprietary interest.

2. holding property: »

a proprietary class.

3. owned by a private person or company; belonging to or controlled by a private person or company as property. A proprietary medicine is a patent medicine, that is, one which may be sold only by some one person or certain persons. »

Proprietary drugs, such as aspirin, and cough remedies, can be sold without a prescription.

╂[< noun]
–n.
1. an owner; proprietor.
2. a group of owners: »

The proprietary desired certain modifications in the existing policy (Arnold Bennett).

3. the holding of property; ownership.
4. a proprietary medicine or drug.
5. the owner or group of owners of a grant from the king of England. William Penn was a proprietary.
╂[< Late Latin proprietārius < Latin proprietās ownership; see etym. under propriety (Cf. ↑propriety)]

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  • tar — ac·e·tar·i·ous; ac·ro·tar·si·al; ac·ro·tar·si·um; acu·ti·plan·tar; al·mu·can·tar; al·pha·be·tar·i·an; al·tar; al·tar·age; al·tar·ist; an·i·mal·i·tar·i·an·ism; an·tiq·ui·tar·i·an; ar·ma·men·tar·i·um; as·tar·te; at·tar; au·tar·chic;… …   English syllables

  • proprietarian — pro·pri·e·tar·i·an …   English syllables

  • proprietariat — pro·pri·e·tar·i·at …   English syllables

  • proprietarily — pro·pri·e·tar·i·ly …   English syllables

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  • proprietär — pro|pri|e|tär vgl. ↑Proprietär> (z. B. in Bezug auf ein Betriebssystem) nur für ein spezielles herstellereigenes Computermodell verwendbar (EDV) …   Das große Fremdwörterbuch

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