- marquee⇄marquee, noun.
1. a rooflike shelter over an entrance, especially of a theater or hotel. Theater marquees usually display the names of shows being featured.
Ex. At eight o'clock I'd been waiting fifteen minutes under the marquee of the Bellevu - marquee⇄sou markee ormarquee,
(U.S.)
1. sou marque.
2. a trifling sum or amount; little or nothing.
Ex. ... he didn't have a sou markee (George Ade).