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trademark

noun
/ˈtɹeɪdmɑːk/UK/ˈtɹeɪdmɑɹk/CA/ˈtɹæɪdmɐːk/

Etymology

From trade + mark.

  1. derived from *mórǵs✻
  2. derived from *markō✻
  3. derived from *marku✻
  4. derived from mearc
  5. derived from mark
  6. compounded as trademark — “trade + mark”

Definitions

  1. A word, symbol, or phrase used to identify a particular company's product and…

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

  2. Any proprietary business, product or service name.

    • Trademark Notice / The following are trademarks or registered trademarks of their respective companies: […] Google is a trademark of Google Corporation; eBay is a trademark of eBay, Inc.

  3. The aspect for which someone or something is best known

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

  4. ›+ 3 more definitions

    1. To register something as a trademark.

    2. To so label a product.

    3. Distinctive, characteristic, signature.

      • Sutho took a pull at his Johnny Walker and Coke and laughed that trademark laugh of his and said: `Okay. I'll pay that all right.'
      • Riise did crash a fantastic, trademark free-kick against the bar from 25 yards but it was the Potters who increasingly posed the greater threat.

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Derived

genericised trademark, genericized trademark, registered trademark, trademark dilution, trademark erosion, trademark infringement, trademark symbol, trademark troll

Vish — recursive loop

A definitional loop anchored at trademark. Each word in the ring is defined by the next; follow the chain far enough and it folds back on itself. Scroll to it and watch.

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A definitional loop anchored at trademark. Each word in the ring appears in the definition of the next; follow the chain far enough and it folds back on itself.

5 hops · closes at trademark

curated · pre-corpus. live cycle detection across the full graph is the next major milestone.

sense glosses and etymology drawn from English Wiktionary · source · CC-BY-SA