Proprietary

Pronunciation

• US IPA: /prəˈprɑɪ.É™.teɪɹ.i/

Origin

From French propriétaire, from Latin proprietarius. Compare with the Latin proprietas ("property"), and proprius ("ownership").

Full definition of proprietary

Adjective

1. Of or relating to property or ownership, as proprietary rights.
2. Of or relating to the quality of being an owner, as the proprietary class.
3. Manufactured exclusively by the owner of intellectual property rights, as with a patent or trade secret.The continuous profitability of the company is based on its many proprietary products.
4. Privately owned, as a proprietary lake.
5. (of a person) Possessive, jealous, or territorial.

Noun

1. A proprietor or owner.
2. A body of proprietors, taken collectively.
3. A monk who had reserved goods and belongings to himself, notwithstanding his renunciation of all at the time of profession.