marque Meaning, Definition & Usage

  1. noun a name given to a product or service
    trade name; brand; brand name.

WordNet

Marque noun
Etymology
F. marque, in lettre de marque letter of marque, a commission with which the commandant of every armed vessel was obliged to be provided, under penalty of being considered a pirate or corsair; marque here prob. meaning, border, boundary (the letter of marque being a permission to go beyond the border), and of German origin. See March border.
Definitions
  1. (Law) A license to pass the limits of a jurisdiction, or boundary of a country, for the purpose of making reprisals. privateer

Webster 1913