trade mark noun & verb. ['treɪd mɑ:k] Also (esp. as verb) trademark. M19.
[from TRADE noun + MARK noun¹.]
A. noun.
1. A device, word, or combination of words, secured by legal registration or established by use, used to distinguish the goods of or to represent a particular manufacturer or trader. M19.
Scientific American Inadequate protection abroad of our patents, copyrights, trademarks, and trade secrets.

2. transf. A distinctive mark or characteristic. M19.
Daily Telegraph Judge James Pickles, whose outspoken views have become a trade mark.
b. verb trans. Affix a trade mark on, provide with a trade mark. Chiefly as trademarked ppl adjective. E20.

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