"earmark" meaning in All languages combined

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Noun [English]

Audio: en-us-earmark.ogg [US] Forms: earmarks [plural]
Etymology: ear + mark Etymology templates: {{compound|en|ear|mark}} ear + mark Head templates: {{en-noun}} earmark (plural earmarks)
  1. A mark or deformation of the ear of an animal, intended to indicate ownership. Translations (A mark of the ear of an animal): инәү (inəw) (Bashkir), дамга на ухото (damga na uhoto) (Bulgarian), korvamerkki (Finnish), солақ (solaq) (Kazakh), клеймо́ на ухе (klejmó na uxe) (Russian), тавро (tavro) [neuter] (Russian)
    Sense id: en-earmark-en-noun-VtaIPOwh Disambiguation of 'A mark of the ear of an animal': 76 0 24
  2. (US, politics) The designation of specific projects in appropriations of funding for general programs. Tags: US Categories (topical): Politics Translations (The designation of specific projects in appropriations of funding for general programs): alocare [feminine] (Romanian), alocație [feminine] (Romanian), reserva (Spanish), asignación (Spanish), destino (Spanish)
    Sense id: en-earmark-en-noun-eSRVVDq5 Categories (other): American English, English entries with incorrect language header Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 5 31 4 23 11 26 Topics: government, politics Disambiguation of 'The designation of specific projects in appropriations of funding for general programs': 0 98 1
  3. A mark for identification; a distinguishing mark.
    Sense id: en-earmark-en-noun-dvRq8piM
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Related terms: expenditure, pork barrel Coordinate_terms: phonemark [US] [politics, government]

Verb [English]

Audio: en-us-earmark.ogg [US] Forms: earmarks [present, singular, third-person], earmarking [participle, present], earmarked [participle, past], earmarked [past]
Etymology: ear + mark Etymology templates: {{compound|en|ear|mark}} ear + mark Head templates: {{en-verb}} earmark (third-person singular simple present earmarks, present participle earmarking, simple past and past participle earmarked)
  1. (transitive) To mark (sheep or other animals) by slitting the ear. Tags: transitive Translations (to mark by slitting the ear): дамгосвам (damgosvam) [feminine] (Bulgarian), øremærke (Danish), korvamerkitä (Finnish)
    Sense id: en-earmark-en-verb-OW~eBeZI Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 5 31 4 23 11 26 Disambiguation of 'to mark by slitting the ear': 90 5 5
  2. (transitive, by extension) To specify or set aside for a particular purpose, to allocate. Tags: broadly, transitive
    Sense id: en-earmark-en-verb-cQOcL6qM Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 5 31 4 23 11 26
  3. (transitive, by extension) To specify or set aside for a particular purpose, to allocate.
    (transitive, finance, UK) To designate part of a pension to be payable to the holder's former spouse or partner at its time of payment.
    Tags: UK, broadly, transitive Categories (topical): Finance
    Sense id: en-earmark-en-verb-bb8K-uTc Categories (other): British English, English entries with incorrect language header Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 5 31 4 23 11 26 Topics: business, finance
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Synonyms: sepose, set apart Synonyms (set aside for a particular purpose): appropriate Translations (to specify or set aside for a particular purpose): слагам настрана (slagam nastrana) (Bulgarian), заделям (zadeljam) [imperfective] (Bulgarian), заделя (zadelja) [perfective] (Bulgarian), øremærke (Danish), korvamerkitä (Finnish), allouer (French), réserver (French), bestimmen (German), előirányoz (Hungarian), kijelöl (Hungarian), szán (Hungarian), lefoglal (Hungarian), félretesz (Hungarian), elkülönít (Hungarian), tāpui (Maori), øremerke (Norwegian Bokmål), отмеча́ть (otmečátʹ) (Russian), выделя́ть (vydeljátʹ) (note: somewhat) (Russian), reservar (Spanish), apartar (Spanish), asignar (Spanish), destinar (Spanish), öronmärka (Swedish)
Disambiguation of 'set aside for a particular purpose': 0 50 50 Disambiguation of 'to specify or set aside for a particular purpose': 0 50 50

Inflected forms

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          "text": "Coordinate term: ear-tag"
        }
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        "To mark (sheep or other animals) by slitting the ear."
      ],
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          "sheep"
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        "(transitive) To mark (sheep or other animals) by slitting the ear."
      ],
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        "transitive"
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        "English terms with usage examples",
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          "text": "You can donate to the organization as a whole, or you can earmark your contribution for a particular project.",
          "type": "example"
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          "ref": "2012, Michelle Alexander, The New Jim Crow, page 74",
          "text": "Now that police departments were suddenly flush with cash and military equipment earmarked for the drug war, they needed to make use of their new resources.",
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        },
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          "ref": "2020 December 2, Christian Wolmar, “Wales offers us a glimpse of an integrated transport policy”, in Rail, page 56",
          "text": "A widening of the M4 had long been mooted, and the Welsh Government had even earmarked most of the required £1.6bn funding for a new 14-mile, six-lane section around Newport. Then, in the face of opposition from environmentalists, came a realisation that similar road schemes across the world tend merely to encourage greater car use and therefore soon prove ineffective in solving the original problem.",
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        "(transitive, by extension) To specify or set aside for a particular purpose, to allocate."
      ],
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        "broadly",
        "transitive"
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        "British English",
        "English terms with quotations",
        "English terms with usage examples",
        "English transitive verbs",
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      "glosses": [
        "To specify or set aside for a particular purpose, to allocate.",
        "To designate part of a pension to be payable to the holder's former spouse or partner at its time of payment."
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          "finance",
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          "spouse"
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          "partner",
          "partner"
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          "payment",
          "payment"
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        "(transitive, by extension) To specify or set aside for a particular purpose, to allocate.",
        "(transitive, finance, UK) To designate part of a pension to be payable to the holder's former spouse or partner at its time of payment."
      ],
      "tags": [
        "UK",
        "broadly",
        "transitive"
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        "business",
        "finance"
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        "US"
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    {
      "sense": "set aside for a particular purpose",
      "word": "appropriate"
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      "word": "sepose"
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      "word": "set apart"
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    {
      "code": "bg",
      "lang": "Bulgarian",
      "roman": "damgosvam",
      "sense": "to mark by slitting the ear",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "дамгосвам"
    },
    {
      "code": "da",
      "lang": "Danish",
      "sense": "to mark by slitting the ear",
      "word": "øremærke"
    },
    {
      "code": "fi",
      "lang": "Finnish",
      "sense": "to mark by slitting the ear",
      "word": "korvamerkitä"
    },
    {
      "code": "bg",
      "lang": "Bulgarian",
      "roman": "slagam nastrana",
      "sense": "to specify or set aside for a particular purpose",
      "word": "слагам настрана"
    },
    {
      "code": "bg",
      "lang": "Bulgarian",
      "roman": "zadeljam",
      "sense": "to specify or set aside for a particular purpose",
      "tags": [
        "imperfective"
      ],
      "word": "заделям"
    },
    {
      "code": "bg",
      "lang": "Bulgarian",
      "roman": "zadelja",
      "sense": "to specify or set aside for a particular purpose",
      "tags": [
        "perfective"
      ],
      "word": "заделя"
    },
    {
      "code": "da",
      "lang": "Danish",
      "sense": "to specify or set aside for a particular purpose",
      "word": "øremærke"
    },
    {
      "code": "fi",
      "lang": "Finnish",
      "sense": "to specify or set aside for a particular purpose",
      "word": "korvamerkitä"
    },
    {
      "code": "fr",
      "lang": "French",
      "sense": "to specify or set aside for a particular purpose",
      "word": "allouer"
    },
    {
      "code": "fr",
      "lang": "French",
      "sense": "to specify or set aside for a particular purpose",
      "word": "réserver"
    },
    {
      "code": "de",
      "lang": "German",
      "sense": "to specify or set aside for a particular purpose",
      "word": "bestimmen"
    },
    {
      "code": "hu",
      "lang": "Hungarian",
      "sense": "to specify or set aside for a particular purpose",
      "word": "előirányoz"
    },
    {
      "code": "hu",
      "lang": "Hungarian",
      "sense": "to specify or set aside for a particular purpose",
      "word": "kijelöl"
    },
    {
      "code": "hu",
      "lang": "Hungarian",
      "sense": "to specify or set aside for a particular purpose",
      "word": "szán"
    },
    {
      "code": "hu",
      "lang": "Hungarian",
      "sense": "to specify or set aside for a particular purpose",
      "word": "lefoglal"
    },
    {
      "code": "hu",
      "lang": "Hungarian",
      "sense": "to specify or set aside for a particular purpose",
      "word": "félretesz"
    },
    {
      "code": "hu",
      "lang": "Hungarian",
      "sense": "to specify or set aside for a particular purpose",
      "word": "elkülönít"
    },
    {
      "code": "mi",
      "lang": "Maori",
      "sense": "to specify or set aside for a particular purpose",
      "word": "tāpui"
    },
    {
      "code": "nb",
      "lang": "Norwegian Bokmål",
      "sense": "to specify or set aside for a particular purpose",
      "word": "øremerke"
    },
    {
      "code": "ru",
      "lang": "Russian",
      "roman": "otmečátʹ",
      "sense": "to specify or set aside for a particular purpose",
      "word": "отмеча́ть"
    },
    {
      "code": "ru",
      "lang": "Russian",
      "note": "somewhat",
      "roman": "vydeljátʹ",
      "sense": "to specify or set aside for a particular purpose",
      "word": "выделя́ть"
    },
    {
      "code": "es",
      "lang": "Spanish",
      "sense": "to specify or set aside for a particular purpose",
      "word": "reservar"
    },
    {
      "code": "es",
      "lang": "Spanish",
      "sense": "to specify or set aside for a particular purpose",
      "word": "apartar"
    },
    {
      "code": "es",
      "lang": "Spanish",
      "sense": "to specify or set aside for a particular purpose",
      "word": "asignar"
    },
    {
      "code": "es",
      "lang": "Spanish",
      "sense": "to specify or set aside for a particular purpose",
      "word": "destinar"
    },
    {
      "code": "sv",
      "lang": "Swedish",
      "sense": "to specify or set aside for a particular purpose",
      "word": "öronmärka"
    }
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  "wikipedia": [
    "earmark"
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  "word": "earmark"
}

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    "English countable nouns",
    "English entries with incorrect language header",
    "English lemmas",
    "English nouns",
    "English terms with audio links",
    "English verbs"
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        "US"
      ],
      "topics": [
        "politics",
        "government"
      ],
      "word": "phonemark"
    }
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        "2": "ear",
        "3": "mark"
      },
      "expansion": "ear + mark",
      "name": "compound"
    }
  ],
  "etymology_text": "ear + mark",
  "forms": [
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      "form": "earmarks",
      "tags": [
        "plural"
      ]
    }
  ],
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      "expansion": "earmark (plural earmarks)",
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  "lang_code": "en",
  "pos": "noun",
  "related": [
    {
      "word": "expenditure"
    },
    {
      "word": "pork barrel"
    }
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      "examples": [
        {
          "text": "Coordinate term: ear tag"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "A mark or deformation of the ear of an animal, intended to indicate ownership."
      ]
    },
    {
      "categories": [
        "American English",
        "en:Politics"
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      "glosses": [
        "The designation of specific projects in appropriations of funding for general programs."
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "politics",
          "politics"
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        [
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          "appropriation"
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        "(US, politics) The designation of specific projects in appropriations of funding for general programs."
      ],
      "tags": [
        "US"
      ],
      "topics": [
        "government",
        "politics"
      ]
    },
    {
      "categories": [
        "English terms with quotations",
        "Quotation templates to be cleaned"
      ],
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        {
          "ref": "1860, John Wharton, The Law Lexicon",
          "text": "Money has no earmark.",
          "type": "quotation"
        },
        {
          "ref": "1959, Brunettie Burrow, Angels in White",
          "text": "I saw in my patient one of the most forbidding men I have ever met. He had all the earmarks of a criminal.",
          "type": "quotation"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "A mark for identification; a distinguishing mark."
      ]
    }
  ],
  "sounds": [
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      "audio": "en-us-earmark.ogg",
      "mp3_url": "https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/transcoded/f/fd/En-us-earmark.ogg/En-us-earmark.ogg.mp3",
      "ogg_url": "https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/f/fd/En-us-earmark.ogg",
      "tags": [
        "US"
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    {
      "code": "ba",
      "lang": "Bashkir",
      "roman": "inəw",
      "sense": "A mark of the ear of an animal",
      "word": "инәү"
    },
    {
      "code": "bg",
      "lang": "Bulgarian",
      "roman": "damga na uhoto",
      "sense": "A mark of the ear of an animal",
      "word": "дамга на ухото"
    },
    {
      "code": "fi",
      "lang": "Finnish",
      "sense": "A mark of the ear of an animal",
      "word": "korvamerkki"
    },
    {
      "code": "kk",
      "lang": "Kazakh",
      "roman": "solaq",
      "sense": "A mark of the ear of an animal",
      "word": "солақ"
    },
    {
      "code": "ru",
      "lang": "Russian",
      "roman": "klejmó na uxe",
      "sense": "A mark of the ear of an animal",
      "word": "клеймо́ на ухе"
    },
    {
      "code": "ru",
      "lang": "Russian",
      "roman": "tavro",
      "sense": "A mark of the ear of an animal",
      "tags": [
        "neuter"
      ],
      "word": "тавро"
    },
    {
      "code": "ro",
      "lang": "Romanian",
      "sense": "The designation of specific projects in appropriations of funding for general programs",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "alocare"
    },
    {
      "code": "ro",
      "lang": "Romanian",
      "sense": "The designation of specific projects in appropriations of funding for general programs",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "alocație"
    },
    {
      "code": "es",
      "lang": "Spanish",
      "sense": "The designation of specific projects in appropriations of funding for general programs",
      "word": "reserva"
    },
    {
      "code": "es",
      "lang": "Spanish",
      "sense": "The designation of specific projects in appropriations of funding for general programs",
      "word": "asignación"
    },
    {
      "code": "es",
      "lang": "Spanish",
      "sense": "The designation of specific projects in appropriations of funding for general programs",
      "word": "destino"
    }
  ],
  "wikipedia": [
    "earmark"
  ],
  "word": "earmark"
}

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