nameplate
noun
name·plate ˈnām-ˌplāt 
: something (such as a plate or plaque) bearing a name (as of a resident or manufacturer)
Example Sentences
Recent Examples on the Web The date codes appear on the black plastic motor end cap adjacent to the nameplate on the DWS779 and DWS780 models. 
Chris Smith, BGR, 6 Aug. 2022 The legendary Supra nameplate was revived in 2020 and for 2023 will add a six-speed manual, a second generation of the affordable GR86 coupe arrived for 2022, and the even the humdrum Corolla hatchback earned a 300-horsepower GR performance trim. Caleb Miller, Car and Driver, 28 June 2022 So Toyota has ditched the Avalon, replacing it with the Toyota Crown, the company’s oldest nameplate. Tribune News Service, cleveland, 23 July 2022 The Chevrolet Blazer has been a shape shifter since the nameplate first emerged in 1969. Caleb Miller, Car and Driver, 19 July 2022 Toyota last sold a car called the Crown here in 1972, but the nameplate has remained on the lineup in Japan and elsewhere. Mark Phelan, Detroit Free Press, 15 July 2022 The new location will also be the base for the nameplate’s first bespoke lead designer and bespoke client experience manager located permanently outside Goodwood. Bryan Hood, Robb Report, 7 July 2022 The girl asks her teacher at school to change the nameplate on her cubby. The New Yorker, 22 June 2022 Chevy's electric vehicle lineup has something old in the forthcoming Silverado EV, which bears a nameplate first introduced in 1975. Sasha Richie, Car and Driver, 21 July 2022 See More
Chris Smith, BGR, 6 Aug. 2022 The legendary Supra nameplate was revived in 2020 and for 2023 will add a six-speed manual, a second generation of the affordable GR86 coupe arrived for 2022, and the even the humdrum Corolla hatchback earned a 300-horsepower GR performance trim. Caleb Miller, Car and Driver, 28 June 2022 So Toyota has ditched the Avalon, replacing it with the Toyota Crown, the company’s oldest nameplate. Tribune News Service, cleveland, 23 July 2022 The Chevrolet Blazer has been a shape shifter since the nameplate first emerged in 1969. Caleb Miller, Car and Driver, 19 July 2022 Toyota last sold a car called the Crown here in 1972, but the nameplate has remained on the lineup in Japan and elsewhere. Mark Phelan, Detroit Free Press, 15 July 2022 The new location will also be the base for the nameplate’s first bespoke lead designer and bespoke client experience manager located permanently outside Goodwood. Bryan Hood, Robb Report, 7 July 2022 The girl asks her teacher at school to change the nameplate on her cubby. The New Yorker, 22 June 2022 Chevy's electric vehicle lineup has something old in the forthcoming Silverado EV, which bears a nameplate first introduced in 1975. Sasha Richie, Car and Driver, 21 July 2022 See More Word History
First Known Use
circa 1858, in the meaning defined above