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: the name used for an article among traders
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: the name or style under which a concern does business
trade named; trade naming; trade names
: to designate with a trade name
Examples of trade name in a Sentence
Noun
Ibuprofen is sold under several trade names.
Recent Examples on the Web
Flint McColgan, Boston Herald, 2 Oct. 2025
The disclosure would need to include the developer’s name, the system’s trade name, and contact information for the employer.
—Alonzo Martinez, Forbes.com, 22 Aug. 2025
By extending Lugo’s contract, Kansas City has doubled down on the future and taken one of the biggest trade names off the board just days ahead of this year’s deadline.
—Jaylon Thompson, Kansas City Star, 28 July 2025
One such special pattern can be found in the cabochons cut from Marston Marble, a trade name for a limestone filled with tiny tea- and cream-color ammonites that is found in what is now the English county of Somerset.
—Chantel Tattoli, New York Times, 20 May 2025
Kingsway recorded impairment charges of $2.8 million related to goodwill and intangible assets, reflecting adjustments in the valuation of certain trade names and the Argo Management reporting unit.
—Quartz Intelligence Newsroom, Quartz, 17 Mar. 2025
Other product and company names listed are trademarks or trade names of their respective companies.
—IEEE Spectrum, 7 Sep. 2018
Kay Lazar, BostonGlobe.com, 28 Jan. 2023
George Prassas and George Karkalis, co-owners of Sweet Diner, filed an application for a restaurant with the trade name District 4 Social at 233 E Chicago St.
—Jordyn Noennig, Journal Sentinel, 12 Sep. 2022
The New Venture Fund does not report GFI as a trade name in its D.C. business filings.
—Fox News, 28 June 2022
Johnson later admitted in a deposition that proceeds from the loan were distributed to a bank account held by Mjolnir Development, a fictitious trade name registered by the Richard Allen Group.
—Tom Schad, USA TODAY, 2 Sep. 2021
Kentucky began a partial elimination of race-day Lasix, the trade name for furosemide, with 2-year-old races in 2020.
—Jason Frakes, The Courier-Journal, 21 Apr. 2021
The 10,000 steps a day target seems to have come about from a trade name pedometer sold in 1965 by Yamasa Clock in Japan.
—Lindsay Bottoms, CNN, 16 Mar. 2021
The sender on the e-mails was listed as Primary, a trade name for a software company called Primary.
—Christopher Snowbeck, Star Tribune, 30 Jan. 2021
Howard University nor Lindsey ever registered Quiet Storm as a radio trade name.
—Ericka Blount Danois, Essence, 26 June 2020
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Noun
Police say that Caron searched for Narcan, which is a trade name for the overdose reversal drug naloxone, a little before midnight.
—Flint McColgan, Boston Herald, 2 Oct. 2025
The disclosure would need to include the developer’s name, the system’s trade name, and contact information for the employer.
—Alonzo Martinez, Forbes.com, 22 Aug. 2025
By extending Lugo’s contract, Kansas City has doubled down on the future and taken one of the biggest trade names off the board just days ahead of this year’s deadline.
—Jaylon Thompson, Kansas City Star, 28 July 2025
One such special pattern can be found in the cabochons cut from Marston Marble, a trade name for a limestone filled with tiny tea- and cream-color ammonites that is found in what is now the English county of Somerset.
—Chantel Tattoli, New York Times, 20 May 2025
Kingsway recorded impairment charges of $2.8 million related to goodwill and intangible assets, reflecting adjustments in the valuation of certain trade names and the Argo Management reporting unit.
—Quartz Intelligence Newsroom, Quartz, 17 Mar. 2025
Other product and company names listed are trademarks or trade names of their respective companies.
—IEEE Spectrum, 7 Sep. 2018
Verb
Only one medication, brexanolone, under the trade name Zulresso, targets the hormone pathways involved with postpartum mood disorders.
—Kay Lazar, BostonGlobe.com, 28 Jan. 2023
George Prassas and George Karkalis, co-owners of Sweet Diner, filed an application for a restaurant with the trade name District 4 Social at 233 E Chicago St.
—Jordyn Noennig, Journal Sentinel, 12 Sep. 2022
The New Venture Fund does not report GFI as a trade name in its D.C. business filings.
—Fox News, 28 June 2022
Johnson later admitted in a deposition that proceeds from the loan were distributed to a bank account held by Mjolnir Development, a fictitious trade name registered by the Richard Allen Group.
—Tom Schad, USA TODAY, 2 Sep. 2021
Kentucky began a partial elimination of race-day Lasix, the trade name for furosemide, with 2-year-old races in 2020.
—Jason Frakes, The Courier-Journal, 21 Apr. 2021
The 10,000 steps a day target seems to have come about from a trade name pedometer sold in 1965 by Yamasa Clock in Japan.
—Lindsay Bottoms, CNN, 16 Mar. 2021
The sender on the e-mails was listed as Primary, a trade name for a software company called Primary.
—Christopher Snowbeck, Star Tribune, 30 Jan. 2021
Howard University nor Lindsey ever registered Quiet Storm as a radio trade name.
—Ericka Blount Danois, Essence, 26 June 2020
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“Trade name.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/trade%20name. Accessed 31 Oct. 2025.
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