brand-name

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adjective

ˈbran(d)-ˈnām 

1

: of or relating to a brand name

brand-name products

2

: having a well-known and usually highly regarded or marketable name

brand-name authors

the … party lacks brand-name guests or good food

—Ryan Lizza

brand name

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noun

1

: an arbitrarily adopted name that is given by a manufacturer or merchant to an article or service to distinguish it as produced or sold by that manufacturer or merchant and that may be used and protected as a trademark

2

: one having a well-known and usually highly regarded or marketable name

Examples of brand-name in a Sentence

Noun

The drug is sold under several brand names.

Recent Examples on the Web

Adjective

Exceptionally strong academics, a beautiful campus, impressive pre-professional outcomes, and generous financial resources, but often overshadowed in volume by Ivy League institutions and coastal brand-name universities that dominate student attention. —Dr. Liz Doe Stone, Forbes.com, 27 May 2026

MEDVi’s customer support told us that brand-name medications aren’t always available through their platform. —Nicole Hernandez, USA Today, 20 May 2026

Noun

The degree can be completed without moving, quitting or betting the family finances on a brand name. —Gerald Bradshaw, Chicago Tribune, 26 May 2026

To be in the study, each participant tracks every bite of their food and drink by brand name for three days every six months. —Sandee Lamotte, CNN Money, 20 May 2026

Word History

First Known Use

Adjective

1887, in the meaning defined at sense 1

Noun

1922, in the meaning defined at sense 1

Rhymes for brand-name

• acclaim
• aflame
• airframe
• ballgame
• became
• declaim
• defame
• disclaim
• doorframe
• exclaim
• inflame
• mainframe

Legal Definition

brand name

noun

: trade name