patent
/ˈpætənt/ sustantivo C1En español: patente
- An official document granting an appointment, privilege, or right, or some property or title; letters patent.
- A grant of a monopoly over the manufacture, sale, and use of goods.
- A declaration issued by a government agency that the inventor of a new invention has the sole privilege of making, selling, or using the claimed invention for a specified period.
- A specific grant of ownership of a piece of real property; a land patent.
- A product in respect of which a patent (sense 1.2.2) has been obtained.
- A licence or (formal) permission to do something.
- A characteristic or quality that one possesses; in particular (hyperbolic) as if exclusively; a monopoly.
- The combination of seven bets on three selections, offering a return even if only one bet comes in.
Plural patents
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“Oh, very simply; black trousers, patent leather boots, white waistcoat, either a black or blue coat, and a long cravat.
Patent-leather boots had gone round, and Square-toes had hopped over.
“Patent-leathers and Square-toes came in the same cab, and they walked down the pathway together as friendly as possible—arm-in-arm, in all probability.
When they got inside they walked up and down the room—or rather, Patent-leathers stood still while Square-toes walked up and down.
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