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

High-end, brand-name flats with extra jewelry can exceed $200. —Bestreviews, Chicago Tribune, 3 Mar. 2025

Compounded drugs can be produced when brand-name treatments are in shortage, but the U.S. Food and Drug Administration announced Friday that the shortage of semaglutide injection products has been resolved. —Ashley Capoot, CNBC, 25 Feb. 2025

Noun

Realist fiction should use real brand names, Wallace believed. —Dan Piepenbring, Harper's Magazine, 19 Feb. 2025

Glyphosate, first sold by Monsanto in 1974 under the brand name Roundup, kills weeds by inhibiting an enzyme that is essential for plant growth. —Knvul Sheikh, New York Times, 19 Feb. 2025

Word History

First Known Use

Adjective

1935, 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