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Definitions

Noun

1. 1
   A brand of a manufactured product, especially of a motor car.

   "The group wants Rover as its luxury marque and MG as the performance car."

2. 2
   a name given to a product or service wordnet
3. 3
   A license to pass the limits of a jurisdiction, or boundary of a country, for the purpose of making reprisals or privateering; the document recording this license.
4. 4
   A ship commissioned for making captures.

Synonyms

All synonyms

letter of marquebrandbrand nameletter of marque and reprisalmakemark

Example

More examples

"The group wants Rover as its luxury marque and MG as the performance car."

Etymology

Borrowed from French marque. Doublet of mark. Ultimately cognate with marquee.

Related phrases

letter of marque and reprisalletter of marquemotor car

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