marque

Noun

marque (plural marques)

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.2001 January 31, Nicholas Bannister, “BMW's unofficial input into new MGs”, in The Guardian
   • And there seems to be an intrinsic disconnect between a high-end marque and the utilitarian nature of an S.U.V.2020 December 3, Brett Berk, “The S.U.V.-ification of Everything Comes to Classic British Marques”, in The New York Times, →ISSN

   Synonyms:

   make

2. 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.

   Synonyms:

   letter of marque, letter of marque and reprisal

3. A ship commissioned for making captures.

   Synonyms:

   letter of marque