co-branded; co-branding; co-brands

transitive verb

: to market or issue (something, such as a credit card) in conjunction with another company so that the product bears the name of both

Examples of co-brand in a Sentence

Recent Examples on the Web The card, which is co-branded with Barclays US Consumer Bank, includes 50,000 BreezePoints as an introductory sign-up bonus after spending $2,000 in the first 90 days. Alison Fox, Travel + Leisure, 27 Mar. 2024 Capital One also plans to keep the Discover brand along with its cards, although the cards could be co-branded. Ken Sweet, The Christian Science Monitor, 23 Feb. 2024 The idea was to draw in younger viewers and co-brand with then-Time Warner properties: Entertainment Weekly, People and Time. Randee Dawn, Variety, 25 Oct. 2023 In some cases, teams are co-branded on a long-term basis between the host team and one or more away schools. Deanna Pan, BostonGlobe.com, 15 June 2023

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Word History

First Known Use

1982, in the meaning defined above

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The first known use of co-brand was in 1982

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“Co-brand.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/co-brand. Accessed 24 Apr. 2024.

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