Sekirov Dictionary

proprietary

UK /pɹəˈpɹaɪ.ə.tə.ɹi/US /pɹəˈpɹaɪ.əˌtɛɹ.i/

adjective6

  1. Of or relating to property or ownership.
  2. Created or manufactured exclusively by the owner or licensee of intellectual property rights, as with a patent or trade secret.
  3. Nonstandard and controlled by one particular organization.
  4. Possessive, jealous, or territorial.
  5. Privately owned.
  6. Owning something; having ownership.

noun5

  1. A proprietor or owner.
  2. A body of proprietors, taken collectively.
  3. A company doing legitimate business while also serving as a front for espionage.
  4. The rights of a proprietor.
  5. A monk who had reserved goods and belongings to himself, notwithstanding his renunciation of all at the time of profession.
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