: a product that is made by a well-known company
clothing stores that sell name brands at low prices
: relating to or being a product that is made by a well-known company
name-brand clothing
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Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 5 Feb. 2026
Geely, just testing the water in Europe with its own name brand, also owns Volvo, Polestar, and Zeekr.
—Neil Winton, Forbes.com, 29 Jan. 2026
Max Zahn, ABC News, 11 Feb. 2026
Anavar is the name-brand of an oral synthetic steroid sometimes used to promote weight gain and is widely considered a performance-enhancing drug.
—Helen Rummel, AZCentral.com, 10 Feb. 2026
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Noun
Those who want name brand items, like Hershey Kisses, will not find them at Trader Joe’s.
—Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 5 Feb. 2026
Geely, just testing the water in Europe with its own name brand, also owns Volvo, Polestar, and Zeekr.
—Neil Winton, Forbes.com, 29 Jan. 2026
Adjective
The jobs report arrived weeks after a series of job cuts that slashed tens of thousands of workers combined at a handful of name-brand companies.
—Max Zahn, ABC News, 11 Feb. 2026
Anavar is the name-brand of an oral synthetic steroid sometimes used to promote weight gain and is widely considered a performance-enhancing drug.
—Helen Rummel, AZCentral.com, 10 Feb. 2026
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“Name brand.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/name%20brand. Accessed 15 Feb. 2026.
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