What is a marquee purchase?
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From a recent The New York Times article ``The Website That Shows How a Free Press Can Die'':
Since the start of the cellphone era, Magyar Telekom had been Hungary’s leading telecommunications company. When Deutsche Telekom, the German telecoms giant that also owns T-Mobile, bought a majority stake in the company in 2005, Magyar Telekom was considered a marquee purchase.
While I understand that this is a catch-phrase here ``entertaining'' the reader, I cannot quite guess the intended meaning of the word marquee.
I seek not only an explanation, but some insight into where native English speakers encounter this expression, and how are they able to infer the intended meaning (unfortunately, naive Google search results in tent sales).
See also: Is ‘marquee chefs’ casual word?
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From a recent The New York Times article ``The Website That Shows How a Free Press Can Die'':
Since the start of the cellphone era, Magyar Telekom had been Hungary’s leading telecommunications company. When Deutsche Telekom, the German telecoms giant that also owns T-Mobile, bought a majority stake in the company in 2005, Magyar Telekom was considered a marquee purchase.
While I understand that this is a catch-phrase here ``entertaining'' the reader, I cannot quite guess the intended meaning of the word marquee.
I seek not only an explanation, but some insight into where native English speakers encounter this expression, and how are they able to infer the intended meaning (unfortunately, naive Google search results in tent sales).
See also: Is ‘marquee chefs’ casual word?
meaning-in-context
asked 59 mins ago
Matsmath
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it means a trophy purchase.
– ab2
44 mins ago
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From a recent The New York Times article ``The Website That Shows How a Free Press Can Die'':
Since the start of the cellphone era, Magyar Telekom had been Hungary’s leading telecommunications company. When Deutsche Telekom, the German telecoms giant that also owns T-Mobile, bought a majority stake in the company in 2005, Magyar Telekom was considered a marquee purchase.
While I understand that this is a catch-phrase here ``entertaining'' the reader, I cannot quite guess the intended meaning of the word marquee.
I seek not only an explanation, but some insight into where native English speakers encounter this expression, and how are they able to infer the intended meaning (unfortunately, naive Google search results in tent sales).
See also: Is ‘marquee chefs’ casual word?
meaning-in-context
asked 59 mins ago
Matsmath
395417
From a recent The New York Times article ``The Website That Shows How a Free Press Can Die'':
Since the start of the cellphone era, Magyar Telekom had been Hungary’s leading telecommunications company. When Deutsche Telekom, the German telecoms giant that also owns T-Mobile, bought a majority stake in the company in 2005, Magyar Telekom was considered a marquee purchase.
While I understand that this is a catch-phrase here ``entertaining'' the reader, I cannot quite guess the intended meaning of the word marquee.
I seek not only an explanation, but some insight into where native English speakers encounter this expression, and how are they able to infer the intended meaning (unfortunately, naive Google search results in tent sales).
See also: Is ‘marquee chefs’ casual word?
meaning-in-context
meaning-in-context
asked 59 mins ago
Matsmath
395417
asked 59 mins ago
Matsmath
395417
asked 59 mins ago
Matsmath
395417
asked 59 mins ago
Matsmath
395417
asked 59 mins ago
Matsmath
395417
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it means a trophy purchase.
– ab2
44 mins ago
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it means a trophy purchase.
– ab2
44 mins ago
it means a trophy purchase.
– ab2
44 mins ago
it means a trophy purchase.
– ab2
44 mins ago
add a comment |
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it means a trophy purchase.
– ab2
44 mins ago