English to English
adjective
- protected by trademark or patent or copyright; made or produced or distributed by one having exclusive rights
`Tylenol' is a proprietary drug of which `acetaminophen' is the generic form.
source: WordNet 3.0
- Belonging, or pertaining, to a proprietor; considered as property; owned; as, proprietary medicine.
source: Webster 1913
noun
- an unincorporated business owned by a single person who is responsible for its liabilities and entitled to its profits
source: WordNet 3.0
- A proprietor or owner; one who has exclusive title to a thing; one who possesses, or holds the title to, a thing in his own right.
source: Webster 1913