# branded

Pronunciation: say "BRAND-id" /ˈbɹændɪd/

## Adjective

1. Carrying a maker's name or trademark, and sold under a brand rather than as a generic product.
   - Simple: Sold with a company's own name or label on it.
   - _The supermarket stocks both branded cereals and its own store label._
   - _Consumers often pay a premium for branded electronics they recognize._
2. Bearing a permanent mark made by burning or stamping, often to show ownership or origin.
   - Simple: Marked with a sign burned or pressed into the skin or surface.
   - _The branded hide showed which herd the animal had come from._
   - _Inspectors checked every branded barrel against the cooperage's records._

## Verb

3. Simple past and past participle of brand. — simple past and past participle of brand
   - Simple: Simple past and past participle of brand. Use it when the marking or labeling already happened.
   - _The blacksmith branded the barrels with the maker's seal._
   - _Critics branded the new policy a failure within days._

Source: DictionaryAI, https://dictionaryai.com/define/branded (written from Wiktionary data, CC BY-SA 4.0: https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/).