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An official document granting an appointment, privilege, or right, or some property or title; letters patent.
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A grant of a monopoly over the manufacture, sale, and use of goods.
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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.
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A specific grant of ownership of a piece of real property; a land patent.
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(by extension) A product in respect of which a patent (sense 1.2.2) has been obtained.
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(uncountable) Short for patent leather (“a varnished, high-gloss leather typically used for accessories and shoes”).
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A licence or (formal) permission to do something.
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A characteristic or quality that one possesses; in particular (hyperbolic) as if exclusively; a monopoly.
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(gambling) The combination of seven bets on three selections, offering a return even if only one bet comes in.