1
: of or relating to a brand name
brand-name products
2
: having a well-known and usually highly regarded or marketable name
brand-name authors
the … party lacks brand-name guests or good food—
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: an arbitrarily adopted name that is given by a manufacturer or merchant to an article or service to distinguish it as produced or sold by that manufacturer or merchant and that may be used and protected as a trademark
2
: one having a well-known and usually highly regarded or marketable name
Examples of brand-name in a Sentence
Noun
The drug is sold under several brand names.
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Elisabeth Rosenthal, Miami Herald, 13 May 2026
The heart of town is home to restaurants, bars, and boutiques, but don’t look for a lot of brand-name stores or restaurants or mega hotels.
—Essence, 13 May 2026
Sandee Lamotte, CNN Money, 20 May 2026
Scattered in the photo are 15 people holding a sign, each one bearing a different brand name.
—Maria Cristina Pavarini, Footwear News, 19 May 2026
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Adjective
Doing the math 46brooklyn, a consulting firm and data project that tracks brand-name drug prices, found that close to 1,000 brand drugs went up in price in January 2026.
—Elisabeth Rosenthal, Miami Herald, 13 May 2026
The heart of town is home to restaurants, bars, and boutiques, but don’t look for a lot of brand-name stores or restaurants or mega hotels.
—Essence, 13 May 2026
Noun
To be in the study, each participant tracks every bite of their food and drink by brand name for three days every six months.
—Sandee Lamotte, CNN Money, 20 May 2026
Scattered in the photo are 15 people holding a sign, each one bearing a different brand name.
—Maria Cristina Pavarini, Footwear News, 19 May 2026
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“Brand-name.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/brand-name. Accessed 21 May. 2026.
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