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—
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: 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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Amy Feldman, Forbes.com, 26 May 2025
Right on schedule, retailers have just dropped huge sales for the long weekend, slashing prices on brand-name duffel bags, carry-on suitcases, luggage sets, and backpacks suited for the occasion.
—Amelia McBride, Travel + Leisure, 23 May 2025
ArsTechnica, 22 May 2025
The wraps were sold under the brand names Big Y Quick Easy Meals and Market 32 by Price Chopper.
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Both items come in a 10-ounce clear plastic clamshell package with a sell-by date of May 7 and the lot code of 25122.
—Peter Burke, FOXNews.com, 16 May 2025
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Adjective
As with generics, companies like Mazumdar-Shaw’s are allowed to develop biosimilars after a brand-name drug’s patents expire.
—Amy Feldman, Forbes.com, 26 May 2025
Right on schedule, retailers have just dropped huge sales for the long weekend, slashing prices on brand-name duffel bags, carry-on suitcases, luggage sets, and backpacks suited for the occasion.
—Amelia McBride, Travel + Leisure, 23 May 2025
Noun
The company, previously called CenturyLink, is officially named Lumen now but still uses the CenturyLink brand name for home Internet service.
—ArsTechnica, 22 May 2025
The wraps were sold under the brand names Big Y Quick Easy Meals and Market 32 by Price Chopper.
(iStock)
Both items come in a 10-ounce clear plastic clamshell package with a sell-by date of May 7 and the lot code of 25122.
—Peter Burke, FOXNews.com, 16 May 2025
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“Brand-name.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/brand-name. Accessed 29 May. 2025.
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