to brand

Definition of to brand in English English dictionary: A piece of wood red-hot, or still burning, from the fire; To make an indelible impression on the memory or senses
Her face is branded upon my memory.; A mark of ownership made by burning, e.g. on cattle; A specific product or manufacturer so distinguished
Some brands of breakfast cereal have more sugar than is really healthy.; To mark (especially cattle) with a brand as proof of ownership
The ranch hands had to brand every new calf by lunchtime.; To associate a product or service with a trademark or other name and related images
They branded the new detergent Suds-O, with a nature scene inside a green O on the muted-colored recycled-cardboard box.; A product's attributes — name, appearance, reputation, and so on — taken collectively and abstractly
The company still has to do more to build the brand.; A name, symbol, logo, or other item used to distinguish a product or manufacturer from its competitors; A sword; Any specific type or variety of something; a distinct style, manner
I didn't appreciate his particular brand of flattery.; {f} mark with a branding iron; disgrace, condemn; {i} product manufactured by a company and given a specific name or mark, trademark; kind, type, variety; mark made by burning; mark of disgrace; hot iron used for branding; a recognizable kind; "there's a new brand of hero in the movies now"; "what make of car is that?" identification mark on skin, made by burning a piece of wood that has been burned or is burning burn with a branding iron to indicate ownership; of animals; identification mark on skin, made by burning a piece of wood that has been burned or is burning burn with a branding iron to indicate ownership; of animals; {n} a burnt or burning piece of wood, sword, an iron to burn the figure of letters, the mark burnt, a stigma; {v} to mark with a brand or infamy, to burn; jargon for those things associated with a product name, such as the image or concept in customers' minds about what it means to them; Product identification by word, name, symbol, design, or a combination of these; (Reklam) A brand is a mixture of attributes, tangible and intangible, symbolised in a trademark, which, if managed properly, creates value and influence; A brand of a product is the version of it that is made by one particular manufacturer. Winston is a brand of cigarette I bought one of the leading brands. a supermarket's own brand. = make; To burn the flesh with a hot iron, either as a marker (for criminals, slaves etc.) or to cauterise a wound; The Clicquot brand, etc , the best brand, etc That is the merchant's or excise mark branded on the article itself, the vessel which contains the article, the wrapper which covers it, the cork of the bottle, etc , to guarantee its being genuine, etc Madame Clicquot, of champagne notoriety, died in 1866 He has the brand of villain in his looks It was once customary to brand the cheeks of felons with an F The custom was abolished by law in 1822; of the contents, or upon an animal, to designate ownership; also, a mark for a similar purpose made in any other way, as with a stencil; A mark put upon criminals with a hot iron; Associated with a particular product, service, or company; To mark or impress indelibly, as with a hot iron; mark or expose as infamous; "She was branded a loose woman"; To fix a mark of infamy, or a stigma, upon; a piece of wood that has been burned or is burning; A mark made by burning with a hot iron, as upon a cask, to designate the quality, manufacturer, etc; To stigmatize, label (someone); A design, mark, symbol or other device that distinguishes one line or type of goods from those of a competitor; A printed symbol of ownership that a company hopes consumers will associate with quality; A name, term, design, or symbol (or combination of them) that identifies a business or organization and their products; A name, term, sign, symbol, design, or a combination of all used to uniquely identify a producer's goods and services and differentiate them from competitors; to accuse or condemn or openly or formally or brand as disgraceful; "He denounced the government action"; "She was stigmatized by society because she had a child out of wedlock"; The brands are of many species and several genera of the order Pucciniæi; burn with a branding iron to indicate ownership; of animals; a symbol of disgrace or infamy; "And the Lord set a mark upon Cain"--Genesis; A unique and identifiable symbol, association, name or trademark which serves to differentiate competing products or services Both a physical and emotional trigger to create a relationship between consumers and the product/service; To put an actual distinctive mark upon in any other way, as with a stencil, to show quality of contents, name of manufacture, etc; The name, number, trademark or designation of a pesticide Each pesticide that differs in the ingredient statement, analysis, manufacturer or distributor, name, number or trademark is considered a distinct and separate brand; Hence: Any mark of infamy or vice; a stigma; A mark or symbol identifying or describing a product and/or manufacturer: may be either embossed or inlaid; a cutting or thrusting weapon with a long blade; A sword, so called from its glittering or flashing brightness; Hence, figurately: Quality; kind; grade; as, a good brand of flour; A branding iron; A brand of something such as a way of thinking or behaving is a particular kind of it. The British brand of socialism was more interested in reform than revolution. = strain; A name, number, term, sign, symbol, design, or combination of these elements that an organization uses to identify one or more products; A burning piece of wood; or a stick or piece of wood partly burnt, whether burning or after the fire is extinct; Fig; Any minute fungus which produces a burnt appearance in plants; a trademark or trade name that identifies a product, a distributor, a producer or a manufacturer; A name, number, term, sign, symbol, design or combination of these elements that an organization uses to identify one or more products; a recognizable kind; "there's a new brand of hero in the movies now"; "what make of car is that?"; An indentifying symbor, icon or trademark that identifies a payment method or merchant (X9 59); Umbrella term applied to everything from a name or logo, to the overall reputation of an organization or product; An instrument to brand with; a branding iron; To burn a distinctive mark into or upon with a hot iron, to indicate quality, ownership, etc; If someone is branded as something bad, people think they are that thing. I was instantly branded as a rebel The company has been branded racist by some of its own staff The US administration recently branded him a war criminal. = label; the name given to the loan and other products you can compare in this site For example, Egg, Woolwich and Hamilton Direct are all brand names Brands have also been grouped into the categories on this site: Building Society or Bank eg Lloyds TSB, Nationwide, Bank of Scotland Finance House eg Paragon, Lombard Direct Internet Company/Bank eg Egg, Marbles, Smile Other Finance eg Insurance, Direct Line, Frizzel Non-Financial eg Supermarkets; A name, term, design, symbol, or any other feature that identifies one seller's good or service as distinct from those of other sellers The legal term for brand is trademark A brand may identify one item, a family of items, or all items of that seller; a name given to a product or service; A unique set of differentiating promises communicated through a name and its related identifier that link a product, service, or company to its customers A powerful brand is global, requires significant marketing investments, occupies a singular place in the minds of clients and prospects, and-if nurtured properly-can be a powerful economic asset; A products attributes - name, appearance, reputation, and so on - taken collectively and abstractly; A brand is a permanent mark on the skin of an animal, which shows who it belongs to; A name, term, design, symbol, or any other feature that identifies one seller's good or service as distinct from those of other sellers p 269; A noun A proper noun that is attached to an individual, a firm, a product or a service Any proper noun may be a brand Any individual or firm is a brand A successful brand offers differentiating values for buyer appreciation; A brand is a mixture of attributes, tangible and intangible, symbolised in a trademark, which, if managed properly, creates value and influence "Value" has different interpretations: from a marketing or consumer perspective it is "the promise and delivery of an experience"; from a business perspective it is "the security of future earnings"; from a legal perspective it is "a separable piece of intellectual property " Brands offer customers a means to choose and enable recognition within cluttered markets