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a
: the name used for an article among traders
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: the name or style under which a concern does business
trade named; trade naming; trade names
: to designate with a trade name
Examples of trade name in a Sentence
Noun
Ibuprofen is sold under several trade names.
Recent Examples on the Web
Democrat-Gazette Staff From Wire Reports, arkansasonline.com, 11 Apr. 2024
All other trademarks and trade names are properties of their respective owners.
—Rolling Stone, 6 Mar. 2024
Hon Hai is better known outside of Taiwan by its trade name Foxconn.
—Russell Flannery, Forbes, 27 Nov. 2023
Some of the most common trade names for benzodiazepines are Valium, Xanax and Klonopin, according to the National Institutes of Health.
—Riley Zhang, NBC News, 21 June 2023
Three weeks later, the F.D.A. announced the approval of the drug, which would carry the trade name Relyvrio.
—Gideon Lewis-Kraus, The New Yorker, 19 June 2023
The Alliance for Consumers is a trade name for the Concord Fund.
—Ilya Marritz, ProPublica, 20 Apr. 2023
Tom Schad, USA TODAY, 2 Sep. 2021
The New Venture Fund does not report GFI as a trade name in its D.C. business filings.
—Fox News, 28 June 2022
Kentucky began a partial elimination of race-day Lasix, the trade name for furosemide, with 2-year-old races in 2020.
—Jason Frakes, The Courier-Journal, 21 Apr. 2021
The 10,000 steps a day target seems to have come about from a trade name pedometer sold in 1965 by Yamasa Clock in Japan.
—Lindsay Bottoms, CNN, 16 Mar. 2021
The sender on the e-mails was listed as Primary, a trade name for a software company called Primary.
—Christopher Snowbeck, Star Tribune, 30 Jan. 2021
Howard University nor Lindsey ever registered Quiet Storm as a radio trade name.
—Ericka Blount Danois, Essence, 26 June 2020
Only one medication, brexanolone, under the trade name Zulresso, targets the hormone pathways involved with postpartum mood disorders.
—Kay Lazar, BostonGlobe.com, 28 Jan. 2023
George Prassas and George Karkalis, co-owners of Sweet Diner, filed an application for a restaurant with the trade name District 4 Social at 233 E Chicago St.
—Jordyn Noennig, Journal Sentinel, 12 Sep. 2022
Noun
GenX chemicals are made by the Chemours Co., which owns the trade name, to produce fluoropolymers used in semiconductor chips.
—Democrat-Gazette Staff From Wire Reports, arkansasonline.com, 11 Apr. 2024
All other trademarks and trade names are properties of their respective owners.
—Rolling Stone, 6 Mar. 2024
Hon Hai is better known outside of Taiwan by its trade name Foxconn.
—Russell Flannery, Forbes, 27 Nov. 2023
Some of the most common trade names for benzodiazepines are Valium, Xanax and Klonopin, according to the National Institutes of Health.
—Riley Zhang, NBC News, 21 June 2023
Three weeks later, the F.D.A. announced the approval of the drug, which would carry the trade name Relyvrio.
—Gideon Lewis-Kraus, The New Yorker, 19 June 2023
The Alliance for Consumers is a trade name for the Concord Fund.
—Ilya Marritz, ProPublica, 20 Apr. 2023
Verb
Johnson later admitted in a deposition that proceeds from the loan were distributed to a bank account held by Mjolnir Development, a fictitious trade name registered by the Richard Allen Group.
—Tom Schad, USA TODAY, 2 Sep. 2021
The New Venture Fund does not report GFI as a trade name in its D.C. business filings.
—Fox News, 28 June 2022
Kentucky began a partial elimination of race-day Lasix, the trade name for furosemide, with 2-year-old races in 2020.
—Jason Frakes, The Courier-Journal, 21 Apr. 2021
The 10,000 steps a day target seems to have come about from a trade name pedometer sold in 1965 by Yamasa Clock in Japan.
—Lindsay Bottoms, CNN, 16 Mar. 2021
The sender on the e-mails was listed as Primary, a trade name for a software company called Primary.
—Christopher Snowbeck, Star Tribune, 30 Jan. 2021
Howard University nor Lindsey ever registered Quiet Storm as a radio trade name.
—Ericka Blount Danois, Essence, 26 June 2020
Only one medication, brexanolone, under the trade name Zulresso, targets the hormone pathways involved with postpartum mood disorders.
—Kay Lazar, BostonGlobe.com, 28 Jan. 2023
George Prassas and George Karkalis, co-owners of Sweet Diner, filed an application for a restaurant with the trade name District 4 Social at 233 E Chicago St.
—Jordyn Noennig, Journal Sentinel, 12 Sep. 2022
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“Trade name.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/trade%20name. Accessed 16 Apr. 2024.
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