Definition of Brand

Babylon English
brand
v. mark with a branding iron; disgrace, condemn
n. product manufactured by a company and given a specific name or mark, trademark; kind, type, variety; mark made by burning; mark of disgrace; hot iron used for branding

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Brand Definition from Business & Finance Dictionaries & Glossaries

MONASH Marketing Dictionary
Brand
a name, sign, symbol or design, or some combination of these, used to identify a product and to differentiate it from competitors' products.

Raynet Business & Marketing Glossary
Brand
a product, service, idea, person etc. identified by a name, symbol, trade mark or characteristic which differentiates it from competitor offerings; usually registered for protection; the way to gain competitive advantage!

Blackblot - Product Management Expertise™
Brand
An identity made of symbols and ideas, which portray a specific offering from a known source.
 


Brand Definition from Language, Idioms & Slang Dictionaries & Glossaries

Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913)
Brand
(v. t.)
To put an actual distinctive mark upon in any other way, as with a stencil, to show quality of contents, name of manufacture, etc.
  
(v. t.)
To mark or impress indelibly, as with a hot iron.
  
(v. t.)
To burn a distinctive mark into or upon with a hot iron, to indicate quality, ownership, etc., or to mark as infamous (as a convict).
  
(v. t.)
Fig.: To fix a mark of infamy, or a stigma, upon.
  
(v. t.)
Any minute fungus which produces a burnt appearance in plants. The brands are of many species and several genera of the order Pucciniaei.
  
(v. t.)
An instrument to brand with; a branding iron.
  
(v. t.)
A sword, so called from its glittering or flashing brightness.
  
(v. t.)
A mark put upon criminals with a hot iron. Hence: Any mark of infamy or vice; a stigma.
  
(v. t.)
A mark made by burning with a hot iron, as upon a cask, to designate the quality, manufacturer, etc., of the contents, or upon an animal, to designate ownership; -- also, a mark for a similar purpose made in any other way, as with a stencil. Hence, figurately: Quality; kind; grade; as, a good brand of flour.
  
(v. t.)
A burning piece of wood; or a stick or piece of wood partly burnt, whether burning or after the fire is extinct.
  

WordNet 2.0
brand

Noun
1. a name given to a product or service
(synonym) trade name, brand name, marque
(hypernym) name
(hyponym) label, recording label
(class) table tennis, Ping-Pong
2. a recognizable kind; "there's a new brand of hero in the movies now"; "what make of car is that?"
(synonym) make
(hypernym) kind, sort, form, variety
3. identification mark on skin, made by burning
(hypernym) marker, marking, mark
4. a piece of wood that has been burned or is burning
(synonym) firebrand
(hypernym) firewood
5. a symbol of disgrace or infamy; "And the Lord set a mark upon Cain"--Genesis
(synonym) mark, stigma, stain
(hypernym) symbol
(hyponym) demerit
(derivation) stigmatize, stigmatise, denounce, mark
6. a cutting or thrusting weapon with a long blade
(synonym) sword, blade, steel
(hypernym) weapon, arm, weapon system
(hyponym) backsword
(part-meronym) blade

Verb
1. burn with a branding iron to indicate ownership; of animals
(hypernym) mark
2. to accuse or condemn or openly or formally or brand as disgraceful; "He denounced the government action"; "She was stigmatized by society because she had a child out of wedlock"
(synonym) stigmatize, stigmatise, denounce, mark
(hypernym) label
(derivation) mark, stigma, stain
3. mark or expose as infamous; "She was branded a loose woman"
(synonym) post
(hypernym) call
(derivation) mark, stigma, stain

hEnglish - advanced version

Concise English-Irish Dictionary v. 1.1
brand
branda

English Phonetics

JM Welsh <=> English Dictionary
Trybed
Trybed = n. support; brand iron

Ysyn
Ysyn = n. a fire brand


Brand Definition from Arts & Humanities Dictionaries & Glossaries

Middle-earth v2.2b
Brand
Third King of Dale, grandson of Bard the Bowman; slain in the battle of Dale.

The grandson of Bard the Bowman.
Lord of Dale, the grandson of Bard the slayer of Smaug, who fell at the side of Dáin Ironfoot in the War of the Ring, and who was avenged by his son Bard II.


Brand Definition from Science & Technology Dictionaries & Glossaries

Agricultural Glossary/yigini2004
Brand
Permanent identification of cattle, usually made on the hide with hot-iron or freeze branding.

Industry Glossary
brand
(1) Permanent identification of cattle, usually made on the hide with hot-iron or freeze branding. (2) Process of branding.


Brand Definition from Encyclopedia Dictionaries & Glossaries

Wikipedia English - The Free Encyclopedia
Brand
A brand includes a namelogoslogan, and/or design scheme associated with a product or service. Brand recognition and other reactions are created by the use of the product or service and through the influence of advertisingdesign, and media commentary. A brand is a symbolic embodiment of all the information connected to the product and serves to create associations and expectations around it.

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