Lexic.us

Definition of Marks

1. Noun. English businessman who created a retail chain (1888-1964).

Definition of Marks

1. Proper noun. (surname from=given names dot=) derived from the given name (term Mark). ¹

2. Noun. (plural of mark) ¹

3. Verb. (third-person singular of mark) ¹

¹ Source: wiktionary.com

Definition of Marks

1. mark [v] - See also: mark

Lexicographical Neighbors of Marks

Literary usage of Marks

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. Report by New South Wales Dept. of Education (1894)
"Heading—Full value, 100 marks. To read with improved intonation and expression. ... History— Full value, 70 marks. English History and Australian History ..."

2. Dictionary of National Biography by LESLIE. STEPHEN (1901)
"His father, Isaac Daniel Marks, after practising for a time as a solicitor in ... The possessor of much dry humour, and a good comic actor, Marks was ..."

3. Journal by Royal Society of Arts (Great Britain) (1875)
"TRADE-Marks. As the new Act for the registration of trade-marks •will shortly come into force, it may be interesting to note what is the practice of foreign ..."

4. The Encyclopedia Americana: A Library of Universal Knowledge (1919)
"Its original capital was 120000000 marks, later (7 June 1899) increased to 180000000 marks. The purpose of its establishment was the "regulation of the ..."

5. Reports of Cases Argued and Determined in the High Court of Chancery: During by Great Britain Court of Chancery, Frederick James Hall, Philip Twells, Charles Christopher Pepys Cottenham (1851)
"And from and after her decease, I give and bequeath unto Humphery Marks and George Marks, sons of Solomon Marks, the sum of 200?. each, and to Kitty Marks, ..."

6. The American Historical Review by American historical association (1904)
"and tlie bellows-treader with 30 marks.1 The salaries of the secretary and the chaplain seem to vary, the treasurer's statement made in December, 1800, ..."

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