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)

    “Tell me what brand of whiskey that Grant drinks. I would like to send a barrel of it to my other generals.”
    —Abraham Lincoln (1809–1865)

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