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- which is the best preposition to follow proprietary?
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
- meaning - English Language Usage Stack Exchange
Note that proprietary retains the central concern with property in the sense of owned things, while propriety links to property in the sense of quality or characteristic
- I just wrote propriety when I meant to say proprietarity, but that . . .
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 pattern seems to be instead -ius > -ietas; e g notorius > notorietas 2 Just for fun, the lone example of French "proprietarité" that I found
- Can a female proprietor be called as proprietor?
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 proprietor only indic
- What is the etymology and exact meaning of crockpot?
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 electrical heating element, for cooking food at low temperatures for long periods; a slow cooker ” They only have it as an open compound, crock pot, but you also come cross crock-pot and crockpot fairly frequently
- Difference between the verbs appropriate and expropriate?
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 For example, in the
- programming - What would I call a program that was developed . . .
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 develop software for a client is often called contract work, and is clearly distinguished from school assignments, side projects or pet projects
- What is since before without anything between these two words?
'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' 'Since before' acts as more than a fulcrum (which is all that 'before' would be), it extends back into the first condition
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