rebadge

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verb

To market a version of (an existing product, especially a motor car) with a new badge and new name.

OriginEnglish badge ← Middle English re- ← Old French re- →
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Meanings

verbrebadge (third-person singular simple present rebadges, present participle rebadging, simple past and past participle rebadged)

present singular third person rebadges · participle present rebadging · participle past rebadged · past rebadged

  1. transitiveTo market a version of (an existing product, especially a motor car) with a new badge and new name.

Origin

  1. Proto-Italic*wre-
  2. Latinre-
  3. Old Frenchre-
  4. Middle Englishre-
  5. Englishre-
  6. Englishbadge
  7. Englishrebadge

From re- + badge.

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Rhymes & wordplay

Anagrams

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Cite this entry
APA

rebadge. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/rebadge

MLA

“rebadge.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/rebadge. Accessed November 3, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “rebadge,” accessed November 3, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/rebadge.

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