different between specification vs earmark

specification

English

Etymology

From Middle French specification, from Medieval Latin specificationem (accusative of specificatio)

Noun

specification (countable and uncountable, plural specifications)

  1. An explicit set of requirements to be satisfied by a material, product, or service.
  2. An act of specifying.

Derived terms

  • open-specification

Related terms

  • species
  • specific
  • specify

Translations

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  • what specifications are needed for a gaming laptop
  • what specifications to look for when buying a tv
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  • what specifications to look for when buying a chromebook
  • what specifications are needed for a gaming computer
  • what specification is measured by frequency


earmark

English

Etymology

ear +? mark

Pronunciation

Verb

earmark (third-person singular simple present earmarks, present participle earmarking, simple past and past participle earmarked)

  1. (transitive) To mark (as of sheep) by slitting the ear.
  2. (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)

  1. A mark or deformation of the ear of an animal, intended to indicate ownership.
  2. (US, politics) The designation of specific projects in appropriations of funding for general programs.
  3. 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.

Coordinate terms

  • (US politics): phonemark

Translations

See also

  • expenditure
  • pork barrel

References

  • http://m-w.com/cgi-bin/dictionary?earmark

earmark From the web:

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  • what earmarks are in the new spending bill
  • earmark what does it mean
  • what is earmarking amount
  • what are earmarks in congress
  • what is earmarking amount in citibank
  • what is earmarked transactions
  • what is earmarked money
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