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trademark

  • noun
  • trade·mark
  • /ˈtɹeɪdmɑːk/

A word, symbol, or phrase used to identify a particular company's product and differentiate it from other companies' products.

Other meanings

  1. Especially, such a term that is registered with a government agency so as to have legal protection against use by other companies.

  2. Any proprietary business, product or service name.

Related words

  • retrademark
  • trademarkability
  • trademarkable
  • trademarker
  • genericized trademark
  • trademark erosion
  • registered trademark
  • trademark symbol
  • trademark troll
  • genericised trademark
  • trademark dilution
  • trademark infringement

Example sentences

  • “Trademark protection extends only to national borders.”

    Tatoeba · Cangarejo · CC0

Where this comes from

This definition is adapted from “trademark” on Wiktionary, by its contributors; example sentences are from Tatoeba, credited to their authors above, published under CC BY-SA 4.0. This page is published under the same licence.