private-label

adjective [before noun] (also own-label) US

Definition

› COMMERCE, MARKETING used to describe goods that are sold using the name of the store, etc. that sells them, rather than the name of the manufacturer: Supermarkets are fighting national brands with private-label products.

(Definition of private-label adjective from the Cambridge Business English Dictionary © Cambridge University Press)

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