Rolls-Royce
Britishnoun
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Also called (informal): Rolls. a make of very high-quality, luxurious, and prestigious British car. The Rolls-Royce company is no longer British-owned
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anything considered to be the very best of its kind
Etymology
Origin of Rolls-Royce
named after its designers, Charles Stewart Rolls (1877–1910), English pioneer motorist and aviator, and Sir (Frederick) Henry Royce (1863–1933), English engineer, who founded the Rolls-Royce Company (1906)
Example Sentences
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"The Aston Martin badge, the McLaren badge, the Bentley badge, the Rolls-Royce badge represent the part of car industry which the United Kingdom still lays claim to," Palmer said.
From BBC
Rolls-Royce shares jumped 5% in London trade on Thursday, to extend their year-to-date return to just over 20%.
From MarketWatch
Brokerage house TD Cowen’s analyst Gautam Khanna noted Rolls-Royce beat on all metrics, the results exceeded the “whisper number” and the buyback was “bigger than journalists had speculated.”
From MarketWatch
Such enthusiasm explains why Rolls-Royce, even on a valuation of 41 times earnings for 2026 is considered a buy by almost all analysts covering the stock, according to FactSet.
From MarketWatch
Between now and 2028, Rolls-Royce plans to spend between £7 billion and £9 billion on their own stock.
From MarketWatch
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