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trademark

/ˈtɹeɪdmɑɹk/

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What does trademark mean?

noun

  1. A word, symbol, or phrase used to identify a particular company's product and differentiate it from other companies' products.
  2. Especially, such a term that is registered with a government agency so as to have legal protection against use by other companies.
  3. Any proprietary business, product or service name.
More meanings (4)

noun

  1. The aspect for which someone or something is best known; a hallmark or typical characteristic.

verb

  1. To register something as a trademark.
  2. To so label a product.

adjective

  1. (informal) Distinctive, characteristic, signature.

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IPA pronunciation

/ˈtɹeɪdmɑɹk/

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A Party may provide for a reasonable opportunity for interested persons to oppose the registration of a trademark.
CanadaNorth American Free Trade Agreement, 1992 Oct. 7 Tariff Phasing DescriptionsProject Gutenberg ebook #89
"You can't get Distribution that way. You've got to keep your trademark before the public."
Christopher MorleyThe Haunted BookshopProject Gutenberg ebook #172
More book examples (2)
The old imitation pomps, the fuss and feathers, have departed, and the royal trademark—that is about all that one could miss, I suppose.
Mark TwainFollowing the Equator: A Journey Around the WorldProject Gutenberg ebook #2895
When the woods offer you a thing ready made, it is the merest foolishness to transport that same thing a hundred miles for the sake of the manufacturer's trademark.
Stewart Edward WhiteThe ForestProject Gutenberg ebook #9376