1. (of goods and merchandise) marked or labelled by a distinctive word or symbol indicating exclusive rights
   "branded merchandise is that bearing a standard brand name"
    
2. Marked with a brand
   "branded cattle"; "branded criminal"

1. Mark with a brand or trademark
   "when this product is not branded it sells for a lower price";
   - trademark, brandmark
    
2. Burn with a branding iron to indicate ownership; of animals
   "The rancher branded the cattle with his distinctive mark"
    
3. Accuse or condemn openly or formally; classify or describe as disgraceful
   "She was branded by society because she had a child out of wedlock";
   - stigmatize, stigmatise [Brit], denounce, mark, denunciate
    
4. Mark or expose as infamous
   "She was branded a loose woman";
   - post

See also: proprietary

Type of: call, label, mark, tag

Antonym: unbranded

Encyclopedia: Branded