Jan 15, 2015 · The only examples I can see in the OED, of proprietary, used in this sense, employ the preposition to. So the intellectual property is proprietary to the company.

The adjective corresponding to proprietary in Latin is proprietarius. I can't find any example of a Latin adjective ending in -ius being nominalized by replacing -ius with the suffix -itas; the usual …

It might mean "a proprietary dongle with a proprietary driver", because "ditto" means the same as above. And "ditto" is easier to type than "proprietary".

Jun 1, 2015 · A term used historically is scrip: [A] term for any substitute for legal tender and is often a form of credit. Scrips were created as company payment of employees under the truck …

Mar 27, 2016 · Expropriate has the following definitions (Merriam-Webster): to deprive of possession or proprietary rights to transfer (the property of another) to one's own possession …

Oct 15, 2022 · The OED provides: “crock pot n. Cookery (originally U.S.) (originally) = sense 1; (now) spec. (also with capital initials) (a proprietary name for) a lidded pot with an integral …

Dec 8, 2019 · 'Had proprietary rights' is a condition that no longer prevails. Now, a completely different situation exists. What changed one condition to another is 'the coming of the whites'. …

Feb 28, 2014 · I know the female version of proprietor can be called as proprietress or proprietrix. But I want to know whether a female proprietor can also be called a proprietor? Or does …

Jan 11, 2021 · Software used and developed within an organization is often called either in-house or proprietary software, as opposed to shrink-wrapped of off-the-shelf software. Work done to …

See Wikipedia, which simply states "A genericized trademark (also known as a generic trademark, proprietary eponym) is a trademark or brand name that has become the colloquial or generic …