: 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
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: one having a well-known and usually highly regarded or marketable name
Example Sentences
Noun The drug is sold under several brand names.
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About 60 kits have been taken since the library became one of the first in Chicago to offer Narcan, a brand name for the generic medication naloxone, in January. Jake Sheridan, Chicago Tribune, 3 Sep. 2022 Consumers could be more trusting of a text that appears to be from a brand name or a big bank, too. Susan Tompor, Detroit Free Press, 27 July 2022 The Big Four structure is remarkably similar to most large law firms who operate under a single brand name but whose partner interests often diverge along economic, practice area, geographical, and generational lines. Mark A. Cohen, Forbes, 5 July 2022 This aftershave is ideal for the fashion conscious gentleman who values a big brand name and desires a focus on fragrance, while also wanting to look after their sensitive skin.The Salt Lake Tribune, 12 May 2022 It can be injected or administered as a nasal spray called Narcan, a brand name that has become a synonym for saving lives.Los Angeles Times, 22 Mar. 2022 CoolSculpting is the brand name of a system that freezes and damages fat cells. Dr. Keith Roach, oregonlive, 22 Aug. 2022 The manager listened to Piccolo's instructions on how to use Narcan, the brand name of the drug naloxone, and added four boxes of the nasal spray to the hotel's first-aid kit. Katheryn Houghton, CNN, 15 Aug. 2022 Merck’s Lagevrio, the brand name of molnupiravir, can be taken in tandem with nearly any drug and is only unsafe for pregnant women, but its effectiveness is much lower at roughly 30%. Zachary Hansen, ajc, 10 May 2022 See More