A brand was a mark of ownership burned into the hide of an animal with a hot iron.

烙印是用烙铁烧在牲畜皮上的所有权标记。

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Using the Yangcheng brand, vendors can mark up a crab's price by at least 30 percent.

供应商们使用“阳澄”品牌，就能把一只螃蟹的价格调高至少30%。

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Mark Woodmansey, a brand manager with the brokerage, said he has already sold three boats on the first day.

赚取回扣的品牌经理Mark Woodmansey说他已经在第一天就卖出了3艘游艇。

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The mark of a brand is both given and received by both parties.

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While not unexpected, the retirement of the PowerBook does mark the end of a brand with a long, storied history as a sturdy, reliable workhorse, which later -- after Steve Jobs' return to the company -- morphed into a sleek and stylish object of desire for visual and creative artists.

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"We believe it will create a lot of buzz around our brand, " said Mark Ford, the president of Time Inc.

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