tradename
tradename is the alternative spelling of trade name.
Meaning of trade name
Noun
trade name (plural trade names)
- A name used to identify a commercial product or service; may or may not be a registered trademark.
- Near-synonyms: brandname, brand name, trademark
- Synonyms:
- brandname, brand name, trademark
- Antonyms:
- generic name, description
- 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.
- 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."
Forms of tradename
| plural | tradenames |
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Origin of tradename
From trade + name.
Questions about tradename
- What is tradename the alternative spelling of?
- Tradename is the alternative spelling of trade name.
Words near tradename in the dictionary
Source and license
Adapted from Wiktionary: tradename (page history and authors); trade name (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.
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