1
: of or relating to a brand name
brand-name products
2
: having a well-known and usually highly regarded or marketable name
brand-name authors
the … party lacks brand-name guests or good food—
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: 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
2
: one having a well-known and usually highly regarded or marketable name
Examples of brand-name in a Sentence
Noun
The drug is sold under several brand names.
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Hana Kiros, The Atlantic, 17 Apr. 2025
Kraus said manufacturers of brand-name drugs have already started moving production back to the U.S. and are much better situated than generic makers to absorb the cost of tariffs because of their higher profit margins.
—Nathaniel Weixel, The Hill, 14 Apr. 2025
Caroline C. Boyle, USA Today, 11 Apr. 2025
The study did not release the brand names of the gums that were tested.
—Gretchen Eichenberg, FOXNews.com, 9 Apr. 2025
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Adjective
The original brand-name version, Plumpy’Nut, was first used to treat children in the early 2000s, and the U.S. started supplying it to foreign countries in 2011, Manary told me.
—Hana Kiros, The Atlantic, 17 Apr. 2025
Kraus said manufacturers of brand-name drugs have already started moving production back to the U.S. and are much better situated than generic makers to absorb the cost of tariffs because of their higher profit margins.
—Nathaniel Weixel, The Hill, 14 Apr. 2025
Noun
The medication was first approved by the U.S. Food & Drug Administration in 1982 under its original brand name, Accutane.
—Caroline C. Boyle, USA Today, 11 Apr. 2025
The study did not release the brand names of the gums that were tested.
—Gretchen Eichenberg, FOXNews.com, 9 Apr. 2025
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“Brand-name.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/brand-name. Accessed 23 Apr. 2025.
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