BRAND NAME

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does brand name mean? 

• BRAND NAME (noun)
  The noun BRAND NAME has 1 sense:

1. a name given to a product or service

  Familiarity information: BRAND NAME used as a noun is very rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• BRAND NAME (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

A name given to a product or service

Classified under:

Nouns denoting communicative processes and contents

Synonyms:

brand; brand name; marque; trade name

Hypernyms ("brand name" is a kind of...):

name (a language unit by which a person or thing is known)

Domain member usage:

Kinetoscope (a device invented by Edison that gave an impression of movement as an endless loop of film moved continuously over a light source with a rapid shutter; precursor of the modern motion picture)

Lidocaine; Xylocaine (a local anesthetic (trade names Lidocaine and Xylocaine) used topically on the skin and mucous membranes)

Polaroid ((trade mark) a plastic film that can polarize a beam of light; often used in sunglasses to eliminate glare)

Tampax (tampon used to absorb menstrual flow)

K-Dur 20; K-lor; K-lyte; Kaochlor; Klorvess; potash muriate; potassium chloride; potassium muriate (salt of potassium (KCl) (trade names K-Dur 20, Kaochlor and K-lor and Klorvess and K-lyte); taken in tablet form to treat potassium deficiency)

Simoniz (a brand of car polish)

Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "brand name"):

label; recording label (trade name of a company that produces musical recordings)

 Context examples 

A business that makes brand name products.

(Manufactures Non-Generics, NCI Thesaurus)

A Danish brand name for a laxative product containing glycerin and docusate sodium.

(Glyoktyl, NCI Thesaurus)

A pharmaceutical product equivalent to the brand name drug in dosage, safety, strength, how it is taken, quality, performance, and intended use.

(Generic Drug, NCI Thesaurus)

A grouping of medical devices items based upon brand name.

(Medical Device Brand Name Family, NCI Thesaurus)

PEG-Intron is a brand name for peginterferon alfa-2b.

(PEG-Intron, NCI Dictionary)

It is used under the brand name PEG-Intron to treat hepatitis C infections.

(Peginterferon alfa-2b, NCI Dictionary)

A brand name may be trademarked.

(BR Term Type, NCI Thesaurus)

The NCI term type designation for a foreign brand name of a drug.

(FB Term Type, NCI Thesaurus)

Under the brand name Lupron, it is also used to treat early puberty in children and certain gynecologic conditions.

(Eligard, NCI Dictionary)

A discontinued (U.S.) brand name combination product containing Prochlorperazine Maleate and Isopropamide Iodide that was used as an antiemetic agent.

(Combid, NCI Thesaurus)