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plural trademarks
A word, symbol, or phrase used to identify a particular company's product and differentiate it from other companies' products. examples
Any proprietary business, product or service name. quotations examples
Trademark Notice / The following are trademarks or registered trademarks of their respective companies: […] Google is a trademark of Google Corporation; eBay is a trademark of eBay, Inc.
2005, Kai A. Olsen, The Internet, the Web, and eBusiness, page xv
The aspect for which someone or something is best known; a hallmark or typical characteristic. examples
third-person singular simple present trademarks, present participle trademarking, simple past and past participle trademarked
(proscribed) To register something as a trademark. examples
(proscribed) To so label a product. examples
not comparable
(informal) Distinctive, characteristic, signature. quotations examples
Sutho took a pull at his Johnny Walker and Coke and laughed that trademark laugh of his and said: `Okay. I'll pay that all right.'
1996, Jon Byrell, Lairs, Urgers and Coat-Tuggers, Sydney: Ironbark, page 294
Riise did crash a fantastic, trademark free-kick against the bar from 25 yards but it was the Potters who increasingly posed the greater threat.
2011 October 15, Owen Phillips, “Stoke 2 - 0 Fulham”, in BBC Sport