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earmark
English
Etymology
ear +? mark
Pronunciation
Verb
earmark (third-person singular simple present earmarks, present participle earmarking, simple past and past participle earmarked)
- (transitive) To mark (as of sheep) by slitting the ear.
- (transitive, by extension) To specify or set aside for a particular purpose, to allocate.
Synonyms
- (set aside for a particular purpose): appropriate, sepose; see also Thesaurus:set apart
Translations
Noun
earmark (plural earmarks)
- A mark or deformation of the ear of an animal, intended to indicate ownership.
- (US, politics) The designation of specific projects in appropriations of funding for general programs.
- A mark for identification; a distinguishing mark.
- 1860, John Wharton, The Law Lexicon
- Money has no earmark.
- 1959, Brunettie Burrow, Angels in White
- I saw in my patient one of the most forbidding men I have ever met. He had all the earmarks of a criminal.
- 1860, John Wharton, The Law Lexicon
Coordinate terms
- (US politics): phonemark
Translations
See also
- expenditure
- pork barrel
References
- http://m-w.com/cgi-bin/dictionary?earmark
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lugmark
English
Etymology
lug +? mark
Noun
lugmark (plural lugmarks)
- A mark cut into the ear of an animal to identify it; an earmark.
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