: a brand or make of a product (such as a sports car)
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And now the ferocious muscle car, which is finished in the marque’s trademark orange hue and signed by team driver Lando Norris, is up for auction on eBay.—Bryan Hood, Robb Report, 20 Nov. 2024 Aston Martin Works, the British marque’s heritage division, currently has three exclusive Vanquish Zagatos and an even rarer DBS GT Zagato listed for sale on its website.—Bryan Hood, Robb Report, 25 Oct. 2024 The marque plans to build just 799 examples of the car.—Bryan Hood, Robb Report, 17 Oct. 2024 When Robin Page returned to British marque Bentley last fall, the veteran designer was given a familiar assignment: the Continental GT.—Morgan Korn, ABC News, 6 Oct. 2024 See all Example Sentences for marque
Word History
Etymology
Noun (1)
Middle English, from Anglo-French, from Old Occitan marca, from marcar to mark, seize as pledge, of Germanic origin; akin to Old High German marcōn to mark
Noun (2)
French, mark, brand, from Middle French, from marquer to mark, of Germanic origin; akin to Old High German marcōn to mark
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