In 2005, the Base Realignment and Closure. Commission (BRAC) mandated consolidation of these. 2 institutions into a new Walter Reed National Military. Medical Center that would be constructed onthe grounds. of the National Naval Medical Center in Bethesda, Maryland.' This new medical facility is intended to pro-.
proprietary companynoun [ C ] uk â us â. âº a company that owns enough shares of another company to control it: Mutuals delivered better returns than proprietary companies. âº LAW in Australia, New Zealand, and South Africa, a type of limited company (= one whose owners only have to pay part of the money they owe if it fails).
1 Relating to an owner or ownership: the company has a proprietary right to the property. More example sentences. 1  So far as one knows, there is no ownership or proprietary rights over flowing waters..1 Behaving as if one owned something or someone: he looked about him with a proprietary air. More example sentences. â 1 They don't have anything like bouncy castles here,â says Louise, striding with a proprietary air through the long grass of what one day soon will be their own mini theme park.