Synonyms for proprietary
prəˈpraɪ ɪˌtɛr ipro·pri·eta·ry

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1. proprietorship, proprietaryadjective

   an unincorporated business owned by a single person who is responsible for its liabilities and entitled to its profits

   Synonyms:
   proprietorship

   Antonyms:
   nonproprietary, generic, unpatented

2. proprietaryadjective

   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"

   Antonyms:
   generic, unpatented, nonproprietary

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1. proprietarynoun

   Synonyms:
   PROPRIETOR

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1. List of paraphrases for "proprietary":

   exclusive, patented, owner, property, franchised, owners, owning, ownership

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1. Paul Volcker:

   What is critical is that simplification not undermine the core principle at stake — that taxpayer-supported banking groups, of any size, not participate in proprietary trading at odds with the basic public and customers' interests.

2. Reynolds Porter Chamberlain:

   They have been deeply concerned that their legitimate English law proprietary interests in the payments have not been taken into account in the on-going U.S. litigation, they now hope that this Declaration can be brought to the attention of the appropriate Courts at the first available opportunity and that those Courts will have regard to the decision of the English Court.

3. Beatrice Cherrier:

   Before, economists used to work on public data, and now, if they want to study behavior, the tech companies have it, and it's proprietary.

4. James Scott, Senior Fellow, Institute for Critical Infrastructure Technology:

   Between the black box proprietary code, barebones computers we call voting machines and a mass of completely unqualified election officials, our election system is up for grabs to anybody with even a modest interest and some script kiddie capability. The cyber-kinetic attack surface here is wide open.

5. John Marley:

   FX trading in banks is a tough business because spot trading is so commoditized and revenues are squeezed, moreover, banks have rolled back their proprietary trading desks due to the extra capital required and lower risk appetite.