proprietary

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The true distinction is between proprietary and non-proprietary, and here non-proprietary can be just as commercial as proprietary -- in fact, in classical free-market terms, even more so.

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  1. adjective Of, relating to, or suggestive of a proprietor or to proprietors as a group: had proprietary rights; behaved with a proprietary air in his friend's house.
  2. adjective Exclusively owned; private: a proprietary hospital.
  3. adjective Owned by a private individual or corporation under a trademark or patent: a proprietary drug.
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  • Even though the project was set up with DOE funding, all data on the technology has been kept secret because it is "proprietary" - and the recent stimulus package included $2 billion for FutureGen. —  RealClimate
  • The true distinction is between proprietary and non-proprietary, and here non-proprietary can be just as commercial as proprietary -- in fact, in classical free-market terms, even more so. —  LXer Linux News
  • A lot of the history and culture was very high-end and proprietary, as opposed to a commodity. —  Computerworld
  • The BBN network will be utilizing Open AdStream®, 24 / 7 Real Media's proprietary, award-winning ad serving and campaign management platform, for the targeting and delivery of ads to their Web sites. —  Internet Ad Sales
  • I didn't actually expect you to have a copy because it's proprietary, and, in any case, you obviously don't understand software. —  Discussions: Message List - root
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  1. From Middle English proprietarie, owner of property, from Old French proprietaire and from Medieval Latin proprietārius, both from Late Latin, of a property owner, from Latin proprietās, ownership; see property.

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  1. = French propriétaire = Spanish propietario = Portuguese Italian proprietario, from Late Latin proprietarius, pertaining to a property-holder; as a noun, an owner; from Latin proprieta(t-)s, property: see propriety, property.
 

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/prəˈpraɪɛtəri/
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