proprietary as a noun: - 1
as an adjective: - 1
proprietary
noun
1 proprietary
An unincorporated business owned by a single person who is responsible for its liabilities and entitled to its profits.
synonym: proprietorship.
Roget 779:
possessor,
holder;
occupant,
occupier;
tenant;
person in possession,
man in possession
etc.
777;
renter,
lodger,
lessee,
underlessee†;
zemindar†,
ryot†;
tenant on sufferance,
tenant at will,
tenant from year to year,
tenant for years,
tenant for life.
owner;
proprietor,
proprietress,
proprietary;
impropriator†,
master,
mistress,
lord.
land holder,
land owner,
landlord,
land lady,
slumlord;
lord of the manor,
lord paramount;
heritor,
laird,
vavasour†,
landed gentry,
mesne lord†;
planter.
cestui-que-trust [Fr.],
beneficiary,
mortgagor.
grantee,
feoffee†,
releasee [Law],
relessee†,
devisee;
legatee,
legatary†.
trustee;
holder of the legal estate
&c.;
mortgagee.
right owner,
rightful owner.
[Future possessor]
heir presumptive,
heir apparent;
heiress;
inheritor,
inheritress,
inheritrix;
reversioner†,
remainderman†.
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Dutch: eigendom
adjective
1 proprietary
Protected by trademark or patent or copyright; made or produced or distributed by one having exclusive rights.
Dutch: farmaceutisch
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