Marque

:For a letter of marque, authorising a privateer, see that article.

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:For the town in France, see Marques, Seine-Maritime.

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A marque (French for "brand" and pronounced as "mark") is a brand name, most commonly used for automobile brands. For example, Chevrolet is the marque for the Corvette model of sports car. A company may operate a single marque, or many—General Motors has used more than a dozen in the US market alone.

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Note that, although make is sometimes synonymous with marque, maker refers to the manufacturer of a vehicle, not the marked brand name. For example, Dodge could be said to be the marque and make of a Dodge Dart, but the maker was Chrysler Corporation.

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Letter of marque: :The Letter of Marque is one of the Aubrey-Maturin series of novels by Patrick O'Brian....

Privateer: :For other uses see Privateer (disambiguation)...

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