EuroLex/E/Trade mark

trade mark


 * Original language: English
 * Original form and meaning: n. 1 'a device, word, or words, secured by legal registration or established by use as representing a company, product, etc.', 2 'a distinctive characteristic etc., a typical feature, a hallmark'

(Note: If the status is not specifically indicated then the word is stylistically neutral and generally used; if earlier meaning and status equals current use the former may be expressed by writing "dito". Cf. also the project guidelines.)


 * Annotations: * DEA = Dictionary of European Anglicisms by Manfred Görlach (2001), Oxford: OUP.; ** CODEE = The Concise Oxford Dictionary of English Etymology by T.F. Hoad (1986), Oxford: Clarendon.


 * Information on Other Languages: Icelandic: < 1: vörumerki; Romanian: trade mark < marca comerciala [= English], 20c, meaning: 1, status: restricted use: technical; Bulgarian: < zapazena marka (rend.); Greek: trade mark [= English], 20c, meaning: 1, status: word is known mainly to bilinguals and felt to be English (technical);

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