brand-name

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adjective

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 foodRyan 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.
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Adjective
Find the best deals, hidden gems, and brand-name steals at HomeGoods before anyone else does. Elizabeth Fogarty, Better Homes & Gardens, 24 July 2025 There’s another problem: the low-cost versions of these medications are not identical to their brand-name counterparts. Hank Naughton, Boston Herald, 22 July 2025
Noun
Or is this only a phase during which time these non-U.S. marketers and non-English language natives are making an all-out assault to project and protect brand names into the United States for their own purposes? Jess Collen, Forbes.com, 12 July 2025 The affected products included popular mineral and organic sunscreens marketed under several brand names and were distributed across New Jersey, Florida, and Michigan by Kabana Skin Care, headquartered in Louisville, Colorado. Matt Cannon, MSNBC Newsweek, 11 July 2025 See All Example Sentences for brand-name

Word History

First Known Use

Adjective

1935, in the meaning defined at sense 1

Noun

1922, in the meaning defined at sense 1

Time Traveler
The first known use of brand-name was in 1922

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“Brand-name.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/brand-name. Accessed 29 Jul. 2025.

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brand name

noun
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