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 pattern …

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 system and …

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 electrical heating …

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 For example, in the

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'. 'Since before' …

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 proprietor only …

May 7, 2016 · 1983 Sunday Tel. 9 Oct. 20/2 Broken Hill Proprietary..is Australia's biggest company and a zillion times bigger than his own. 1984 Guardian 29 Oct. 9/2 The whiff of news managers at work, …

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 develop …