Trademark Definition–noun | 1. | any name, symbol, figure, letter, word, or mark adopted and used by a manufacturer or merchant in order to designate his or her goods and to distinguish them from those manufactured or sold by others. A trademark is a proprietary term that is usually registered with the Patent and Trademark Office to assure its exclusive use by its owner. | | 2. | a distinctive mark or feature particularly characteristic of or identified with a person or thing. | –verb (used with object) | 3. | to stamp or otherwise place a trademark designation upon. | | 4. | to register the trademark of. | |
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Symbol Definition–noun | 1. | something used for or regarded as representing something else; a material object representing something, often something immaterial; emblem, token, or sign. | | 2. | a letter, figure, or other character or mark or a combination of letters or the like used to designate something: the algebraic symbol x; the chemical symbol Au. | | 3. | a word, phrase, image, or the like having a complex of associated meanings and perceived as having inherent value separable from that which is symbolized, as being part of that which is symbolized, and as performing its normal function of standing for or representing that which is symbolized: usually conceived as deriving its meaning chiefly from the structure in which it appears, and generally distinguished from a sign. | –verb (used with object) |
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