carmaker

noun

car·​mak·​er ˈkär-ˌmā-kər How to pronounce carmaker (audio)
: an automobile manufacturer

Examples of carmaker in a Sentence

Recent Examples on the Web The company’s key gauge of profitability slid to 4.7% in the third quarter, undershooting its minimum target of 8% and the lowest level since the carmaker split from its truck business in late 2021. Alena Botros, Fortune Europe, 25 Oct. 2024 India’s tougher vetting of all Chinese investment after the clashes effectively turned away billions of dollars from the likes of carmakers BYD and Great Wall Motor, and added more red tape in Indian companies’ interactions with Chinese stakeholders. Reuters, NBC News, 22 Oct. 2024 In her decade at the helm of General Motors, Mary Barra has been tasked with modernizing a century-plus-old automobile company while righting the ship after a bankruptcy and ignition switch scandal threatened the historic carmaker’s future. L'oreal Thompson Payton, Fortune, 17 Oct. 2024 Shares in the carmaker sank the day after the launch. Melvin Backman, Quartz, 14 Oct. 2024 See all Example Sentences for carmaker 

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Word History

First Known Use

1954, in the meaning defined above

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The first known use of carmaker was in 1954

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“Carmaker.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/carmaker. Accessed 31 Oct. 2024.

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