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  1. which is the best preposition to follow "proprietary"?

    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.

  2. I just wrote "propriety" when I meant to say "proprietarity", but …

    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 …

  3. meaning - English Language & Usage Stack Exchange

    Jun 27, 2015 · Note that proprietary retains the central concern with property in the sense of owned things, while propriety links to property in the sense of quality or characteristic.

  4. Can a female proprietor be called as "proprietor"?

    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 …

  5. Difference between the verbs "appropriate" and "expropriate"?

    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 …

  6. What is the etymology and exact meaning of "crockpot"?

    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 …

  7. Single word for company's internal solution?

    Aug 1, 2014 · What word can define an internal solution created within company in contrast to the "external" solutions? Something like "home-made", but more formal and reffering to a company.

  8. Using "TM" for trademarked term - every time or just once?

    As Chicago observes, the ™ symbol is used for unregistered trademarks—names that the the maker is claiming proprietary rights to pending review of a formal application to the U.S. Patent …

  9. What is "regomised"? - English Language & Usage Stack Exchange

    Sep 9, 2020 · @EdwinAshworth I know what proprietary means. Would you be so kind to provide facts then, like a trademark filing, proving your claim! Bíró was the last name of an inventor of …

  10. What is "since before" without anything between these two words?

    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'. …