earmark

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Verb

earmark (earmarks, present participle earmarking; 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.

   You can donate to the organization as a whole, or you can earmark your contribution for a particular project.

Synonyms

• (set aside for a particular purpose) appropriate, sepose; see also Thesaurus:set apart

Translations

• French: allouer, réserver
• German: bestimmen
• Russian: отмеча́ть
• Spanish: reservar, apartar, asignar, destinar

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.

   • Money is said to have no earmark.

   • A set of intellectual ideas […] have earmarks upon them, no tokens of a particular proprietor.

Translations

• Russian: клеймо́ на ухе

Translations

• Spanish: reserva, asignación, destino

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