marque

noun

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

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.”

   “And there seems to be an intrinsic disconnect between a high-end marque and the utilitarian nature of an S.U.V.”

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.
3. A ship commissioned for making captures.