Brand

Brand

A brand is a "name, term, design, symbol, or any other feature that identifies one seller's good or service as distinct from those of other sellers." Branding began as a way to tell one person's cattle from another by means of a hot iron stamp. A modern example of a brand is Coca Cola which belongs to the Coca-Cola Company.

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Famous quotes containing the word brand:

    “To a maiden true he’ll give his hand,
    Hey lillie, ho lillie lallie,
    To the king’s daughter o’ fair England,
    To a prize that was won by a slain brother’s brand,
    I’ the brave nights so early.”
    —Unknown. Earl Brand (l. 67–71)

    ““Why does your brand so drop with blood,
    Edward, Edward?”
    —Unknown. Edward (l. 1–2)

    “This brand of soap has the same smell as once in the big
    House he visited when he was eight:”
    —Louis MacNeice (1907–1963)