What is the meaning of brand?

noun

• A name given to a product or service.
  • synonyms: trade name, brand name, marque
• A recognizable kind.
  • usage: "there's a new brand of hero in the movies now"; "what make of car is that"
  • synonyms: make
• Identification mark on skin, made by burning.
• A piece of wood that has been burned or is burning.
  • synonyms: firebrand
• A symbol of disgrace or infamy."And the Lord set a mark upon Cain-Genesis
  • synonyms: mark, stigma, stain
• A cutting or thrusting weapon that has a long metal blade and a hilt with a hand guard.
  • synonyms: sword, blade, steel

verb

• Burn with a branding iron to indicate ownership; of animals.
• To accuse or condemn or openly or formally or brand as disgraceful.
  • usage: "He denounced the government action"; "She was stigmatized by society because she had a child out of wedlock"
  • synonyms: stigmatize, stigmatise, denounce, mark
• Mark with a brand or trademark.
  • usage: "when this product is not branded it sells for a lower price"
  • synonyms: trademark, brandmark
• Mark or expose as infamous.
  • usage: "She was branded a loose woman"
  • synonyms: post