Dictionary

trade name en · NOUN

Pronunciation

• (Southern-England) audio

Meanings

1. A name used to identify a commercial product or service; may or may not be a registered trademark.
   • Near-synonyms: brandname, brand name, trademark
2. A name used to identify a commercial product or service; may or may not be a registered trademark. ▸ The company-specific name for a drug (medication), in contrast with a nonproprietary name such as an INN (international nonproprietary name), USAN (United States adopted name), JAN (Japanese accepted name), and so on.
   • Patients who come to the pharmacy counter may remember the trade name of their prescription but not the nonproprietary name, or vice versa.
3. The name under which a business or firm operates.
   • Their corporation has been doing business under a different trade name in recent years; the terms of service say something about "Acme Incorporated dba Apex Advanced International Systems."
   • While British Railways has remained the official title, it is perhaps of interest that this is not a statutory body but is really only a trade-name! 1958 January 14, 'Borderer', “Ten Years of British Railways”, in Railway Magazine, page 11:

Forms

Antonyms

generic name · description · generic name · description

Relateds

dba

Synonyms

brandname · brand name · trademark · brandname · brand name · trademark

Translations (41)

cs značka (name used to identify a commercial product or service) · ja 屋号 (business or firm) · hy առևտրային անվանում (name used to identify a commercial product or service) · nl handelsnaam (name used to identify a commercial product or service) · fi toiminimi (business or firm) · fr marque (business or firm) · cmn 商業名稱 /商业名称 (business or firm) · es nombre comercial (business or firm) · ru наименова́ние фи́рмы (business or firm) · ja 商品名 (name used to identify a commercial product or service) · cmn 商品名 (name used to identify a commercial product or service) · cmn 店名 (business or firm) · pl nazwa handlowa (business or firm) · ro nume comercial (name used to identify a commercial product or service) · hy ֆիրմային անվանում (business or firm) · pt nome comercial (business or firm) · vi tên thương mại (name used to identify a commercial product or service) · ru торго́вое назва́ние (name used to identify a commercial product or service) · de Verkehrsname (business or firm) · es nombre comercial (name used to identify a commercial product or service) · cs značka (business or firm) · fr marque (name used to identify a commercial product or service) · fr nom commercial (name used to identify a commercial product or service) · de Handelsname (name used to identify a commercial product or service) · ko 상표 (name used to identify a commercial product or service) · cmn 商號 /商号 (business or firm) · ro denumire comercială (name used to identify a commercial product or service) · ko 상호명 (business or firm) · pt nome comercial (name used to identify a commercial product or service) · ja 商標名 (name used to identify a commercial product or service) · nl handelsnaam (business or firm) · ru назва́ние фи́рмы (business or firm) · fi kauppanimi (name used to identify a commercial product or service) · pl nazwa handlowa (name used to identify a commercial product or service) · ko 상호 (business or firm) · ja 商号 (business or firm) · fr nom commercial (business or firm) · ko 상표명 (name used to identify a commercial product or service) · cmn 商標 /商标 (name used to identify a commercial product or service) · pt nome fantasia (business or firm) · vi tên thương mại (business or firm)