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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. 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 …

  4. What is “its” referring to? - English Language & Usage Stack …

    In the following sentence, what is “its” referring to? “SomeSystem” or “their own proprietary software product”? Company X, from Germany, takes the role of a remote provider and integrates

  5. Does "ditto driver" mean a specific driver name?

    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".

  6. Word request: "proprietary currency" or "artificial money"

    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 …

  7. What is a word/phrase for using a term for a popular special case ...

    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 …

  8. 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 …

  9. single word requests - English Language & Usage Stack Exchange

    Jun 30, 2015 · I think the expression you are looking for is proprietary eponym: An eponym: is someone or something whose name is or is thought to be the source of something's name …

  10. 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 …