About 51,700 results
Open links in new tab
  1. which is the best preposition to follow "proprietary"?

    Jan 15, 2015 · The only examples I can see in the OED, of proprietary, used in this sense, employ the preposition to. So the intellectual property is proprietary to the company.

  2. I just wrote "propriety" when I meant to say "proprietarity", but …

    The adjective corresponding to proprietary in Latin is proprietarius. I can't find any example of a Latin adjective ending in -ius being nominalized by replacing -ius with the suffix -itas; the usual …

  3. Does "ditto driver" mean a specific driver name?

    It might mean "a proprietary dongle with a proprietary driver", because "ditto" means the same as above. And "ditto" is easier to type than "proprietary".

  4. Word request: "proprietary currency" or "artificial money"

    Jun 1, 2015 · A term used historically is scrip: [A] term for any substitute for legal tender and is often a form of credit. Scrips were created as company payment of employees under the truck …

  5. What is the etymology and exact meaning of "crockpot"?

    Oct 15, 2022 · The OED provides: “crock pot n. Cookery (originally U.S.) (originally) = sense 1; (now) spec. (also with capital initials) (a proprietary name for) a lidded pot with an integral …

  6. Difference between the verbs "appropriate" and "expropriate"?

    Mar 27, 2016 · Expropriate has the following definitions (Merriam-Webster): to deprive of possession or proprietary rights to transfer (the property of another) to one's own possession …

  7. What is "since before" without anything between these two words?

    Dec 8, 2019 · 'Had proprietary rights' is a condition that no longer prevails. Now, a completely different situation exists. What changed one condition to another is 'the coming of the whites'. …

  8. Can a female proprietor be called as "proprietor"?

    Feb 28, 2014 · I know the female version of proprietor can be called as proprietress or proprietrix. But I want to know whether a female proprietor can also be called a proprietor? Or does …

  9. How many is a zillion? - English Language & Usage Stack Exchange

    May 7, 2016 · 1983 Sunday Tel. 9 Oct. 20/2 Broken Hill Proprietary..is Australia's biggest company and a zillion times bigger than his own. 1984 Guardian 29 Oct. 9/2 The whiff of news …

  10. programming - What would I call a program that was developed ...

    Jan 11, 2021 · Software used and developed within an organization is often called either in-house or proprietary software, as opposed to shrink-wrapped of off-the-shelf software. Work done to …