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trademark definition

trade·mark (trād′märk′)

noun

  1. a symbol, design, word, letter, etc. used by a manufacturer or dealer to distinguish a product or products from those of competitors: usually registered and protected by law
  2. Informal a distinctive feature or characteristic that serves to identify the maker or originator the use of reddish gold is one of Titian's trademarks

transitive verb

  1. to put a trademark on (a product)
  2. to register (a symbol, word, etc.) as a trademark

adjective

Informal of or being a distinctive, identifying feature or characteristic a mystery novel full of her trademark plot twists

Webster's New World College Dictionary Copyright © 2009 by Wiley Publishing, Inc., Cleveland, Ohio.
Used by arrangement with John Wiley & Sons, Inc.

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