marque

/ˈmɑː(r)k/

中文释义来自 ECDICT

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

The privateering sense derives via Middle French lettre de marque (literally, "letter of reprisal" or "letter of border-licensing").

1A brand of a manufactured product, especially of a motor car.
2A 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.
3A privateer ship