proprietary
adjective/prəˈpraɪəˌtɛri/
Frequency rank: #6,294 most common English word
Meaning
owned or controlled exclusively by a particular company or individual; not publicly available.
Example sentence
The company refused to share its proprietary software with competitors.
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