Brand Definition
brănd
branded, branding, brands
noun
brands
A product or service so identified.
Bought a popular brand of soap.
American Heritage
An association of positive qualities with a widely recognized name, as of a product line or celebrity.
The company tried to improve its brand by donating money to charity.
American Heritage
Webster's New World
An identifying mark or label on the products of a particular company; trademark.
Webster's New World
A mark burned on the skin with a branding iron.
Webster's New World
verb
branded, branding, brands
To mark with or as with a brand.
Webster's New World
To mark with a hot iron, as to show ownership.
Branded the steer.
American Heritage
To provide with or publicize using a brand name or other readily recognized identifier.
A line of cars branded with mythological names.
American Heritage
To put a mark of disgrace on; stigmatize.
Webster's New World
To market (products) by means of branding.
Webster's New World
adjective
(advertising) Associated with a particular product, service, or company.
That computer company has brand recognition.
Have we settled on our brand name?
Wiktionary
Origin of Brand
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Old English brand (“fire, flame”), from Proto-Germanic *brandaz. Cognate with Dutch brand, German Brand.
From Wiktionary
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Middle English torch from Old English gwher- in Indo-European roots
From American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition
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