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Word:
patent
IPA transcription: [p'ætənt]
Pronunciations of patent
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noun
meaning of the word
Synonyms:
patent, patent_of_invention
Meaning:
a document granting an inventor sole rights to an invention
verb
meaning of the word
Synonyms:
patent
Meaning:
obtain a patent for; "Should I patent this invention?"
Usage examples
The Gasters of course belong at the top by patent right.
"And I don't see much use of spending the money for a patent.
His first patent on the subject was applied for and issued early in 1880.
"There's a sum--in fact, a considerable sum--invested in the Patent Road Company.
Airships aren't likely to be so numerous that I could make anything off that patent."
From month to month the hostility increased, and from being concealed it became patent.
That thing which looked like an enormous key with three wheels was really a patent and very deadly revolver.
Some addition to our patent fuel was made in the morning, and later in the afternoon it came in a steady stream.
This concluded, he went to his Patent place, I suppose; but at all events went away on his horse, looking very idle.
Then a brisk little spray of sparks jetted from the flint and steel of a patent cigar-lighter in the hands of the spy.
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Hillary Clinton
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Henry F. Phillips
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