trademark

Plural: trademarks

Noun

• a distinctive characteristic or attribute
• a formally registered symbol identifying the manufacturer or distributor of a product
• A word, symbol, or phrase used to identify a particular company's product and differentiate it from other companies' products.
• A word, symbol, or phrase used to identify a particular company's product and differentiate it from other companies' products.
• Especially, such a term that is registered with a government agency so as to have legal protection against use by other companies.
• Any proprietary business, product or service name.
• The aspect for which someone or something is best known; a hallmark or typical characteristic.

Verb

• mark with a brand or trademark
• register the trademark of
  • "The company trademarked their new gadget"
• To register something as a trademark.
• To so label a product.

Adj

• Distinctive, characteristic, signature.

Synonyms

brand, brandmark, earmark, hallmark, stylemark

Antonyms

;, description, generic name

Related Words

brand, branding, ®, ™

Anagrams of trademark