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: the name used for an article among traders
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: the name or style under which a concern does business
trade named; trade naming; trade names
: to designate with a trade name
Examples of trade name in a Sentence
Noun
Ibuprofen is sold under several trade names.
Recent Examples on the Web
James Felton Keith, Forbes, 9 Oct. 2024
Over 75,000 plaintiffs filed suit in Delaware Superior Court alleging that ranitidine, which several manufacturers market under the trade name Zantac, caused their cancer.
—Glenn G. Lammi, Forbes, 4 Sep. 2024
Most recently, these huge conglomerates have even moved into the business of private drug labeling, partnering with drugmakers to distribute drugs themselves under different trade names.
—Beth Mole, Ars Technica, 9 July 2024
Chief among them are efforts to train crews to identify and treat an overdose and a push to saturate fleets with naloxone, the opioid antagonist, commonly administered as a nasal spray under the trade name Narcan, that can reverse overdoses and retrieve a fading patient from a mortal slide.
—C.j. Chivers James Patrick Cronin Elena Hecht Anna Diamond Quinton Kamara, New York Times, 6 June 2024
Specific trade names, such as Teflon and Gore-Tex, are also likely to contain PFAS.
—Kathryn Crawford, The Conversation, 10 Apr. 2024
GenX chemicals are made by the Chemours Co., which owns the trade name, to produce fluoropolymers used in semiconductor chips.
—Democrat-Gazette Staff From Wire Reports, arkansasonline.com, 11 Apr. 2024
All other trademarks and trade names are properties of their respective owners.
—Rolling Stone, 6 Mar. 2024
Hon Hai is better known outside of Taiwan by its trade name Foxconn.
—Russell Flannery, Forbes, 27 Nov. 2023
Tom Schad, USA TODAY, 2 Sep. 2021
The New Venture Fund does not report GFI as a trade name in its D.C. business filings.
—Fox News, 28 June 2022
Kentucky began a partial elimination of race-day Lasix, the trade name for furosemide, with 2-year-old races in 2020.
—Jason Frakes, The Courier-Journal, 21 Apr. 2021
The 10,000 steps a day target seems to have come about from a trade name pedometer sold in 1965 by Yamasa Clock in Japan.
—Lindsay Bottoms, CNN, 16 Mar. 2021
The sender on the e-mails was listed as Primary, a trade name for a software company called Primary.
—Christopher Snowbeck, Star Tribune, 30 Jan. 2021
Howard University nor Lindsey ever registered Quiet Storm as a radio trade name.
—Ericka Blount Danois, Essence, 26 June 2020
Only one medication, brexanolone, under the trade name Zulresso, targets the hormone pathways involved with postpartum mood disorders.
—Kay Lazar, BostonGlobe.com, 28 Jan. 2023
George Prassas and George Karkalis, co-owners of Sweet Diner, filed an application for a restaurant with the trade name District 4 Social at 233 E Chicago St.
—Jordyn Noennig, Journal Sentinel, 12 Sep. 2022
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Noun
Intangible assets can include patents, copyrights, franchises, goodwill, trademarks, trade names, software, business reputation, branding, unique business processes and so much more.
—James Felton Keith, Forbes, 9 Oct. 2024
Over 75,000 plaintiffs filed suit in Delaware Superior Court alleging that ranitidine, which several manufacturers market under the trade name Zantac, caused their cancer.
—Glenn G. Lammi, Forbes, 4 Sep. 2024
Most recently, these huge conglomerates have even moved into the business of private drug labeling, partnering with drugmakers to distribute drugs themselves under different trade names.
—Beth Mole, Ars Technica, 9 July 2024
Chief among them are efforts to train crews to identify and treat an overdose and a push to saturate fleets with naloxone, the opioid antagonist, commonly administered as a nasal spray under the trade name Narcan, that can reverse overdoses and retrieve a fading patient from a mortal slide.
—C.j. Chivers James Patrick Cronin Elena Hecht Anna Diamond Quinton Kamara, New York Times, 6 June 2024
Specific trade names, such as Teflon and Gore-Tex, are also likely to contain PFAS.
—Kathryn Crawford, The Conversation, 10 Apr. 2024
GenX chemicals are made by the Chemours Co., which owns the trade name, to produce fluoropolymers used in semiconductor chips.
—Democrat-Gazette Staff From Wire Reports, arkansasonline.com, 11 Apr. 2024
All other trademarks and trade names are properties of their respective owners.
—Rolling Stone, 6 Mar. 2024
Hon Hai is better known outside of Taiwan by its trade name Foxconn.
—Russell Flannery, Forbes, 27 Nov. 2023
Verb
Johnson later admitted in a deposition that proceeds from the loan were distributed to a bank account held by Mjolnir Development, a fictitious trade name registered by the Richard Allen Group.
—Tom Schad, USA TODAY, 2 Sep. 2021
The New Venture Fund does not report GFI as a trade name in its D.C. business filings.
—Fox News, 28 June 2022
Kentucky began a partial elimination of race-day Lasix, the trade name for furosemide, with 2-year-old races in 2020.
—Jason Frakes, The Courier-Journal, 21 Apr. 2021
The 10,000 steps a day target seems to have come about from a trade name pedometer sold in 1965 by Yamasa Clock in Japan.
—Lindsay Bottoms, CNN, 16 Mar. 2021
The sender on the e-mails was listed as Primary, a trade name for a software company called Primary.
—Christopher Snowbeck, Star Tribune, 30 Jan. 2021
Howard University nor Lindsey ever registered Quiet Storm as a radio trade name.
—Ericka Blount Danois, Essence, 26 June 2020
Only one medication, brexanolone, under the trade name Zulresso, targets the hormone pathways involved with postpartum mood disorders.
—Kay Lazar, BostonGlobe.com, 28 Jan. 2023
George Prassas and George Karkalis, co-owners of Sweet Diner, filed an application for a restaurant with the trade name District 4 Social at 233 E Chicago St.
—Jordyn Noennig, Journal Sentinel, 12 Sep. 2022
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“Trade name.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/trade%20name. Accessed 16 Nov. 2024.
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