Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

patentholder

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English

Syllables: paten-thold-er
IPA

18

Scrabble Score

12

Letters

3

Syllables

10

Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

The holder of a patent.

Example Sentences

"The advantage of adopting an abandoned drug is that the former patentholder has usually done the chemical analyses, animal studies and, sometimes, early human trials, saving millions of dollars."

Etymology

From patent + holder.

Inflected Forms

patentholders (plural)

Questions

What does patentholder mean?: The holder of a patent.
Where does patentholder come from?: From patent + holder.

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