Definitions of earmark [ˈɪərˌmɑrk]

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Definition of 'earmark'

Random House Webster's College Dictionary

1. (n.) earmark
any identifying or distinguishing mark or characteristic:
all the earmarks of a conspiracy.

2. earmark
a mark of identification made on the ear of an animal to show ownership.

3. (v.t.) earmark
to set aside for a specific purpose, use, or recipient:
to earmark goods for export.

4. earmark
to mark with an earmark.

Etymology: (1515–25)

Definition of 'earmark'

Princeton's WordNet

1. (noun) earmark
identification mark on the ear of a domestic animal

2. (verb) hallmark, trademark, earmark, stylemark
a distinctive characteristic or attribute

3. (verb) allow, appropriate, earmark, set aside, reserve
give or assign a resource to a particular person or cause
"I will earmark this money for your research"; "She sets aside time for meditation every day"

Definition of 'earmark'

Webster Dictionary

1. (noun) earmark
a mark on the ear of sheep, oxen, dogs, etc., as by cropping or slitting

2. (noun) earmark
a mark for identification; a distinguishing mark

3. (verb) earmark
to mark, as sheep, by cropping or slitting the ear

Translation of 'earmark'

Kernerman English Multilingual Dictionary

Sense: to set aside (for a particular purpose) This money is earmarked for our holiday.
Afrikaans: afsonder, bestem	Arabic: عَلامـه مُميزه	Bulgarian: запазен
Brazilian: destinar	Czech: dát stranou, odložit	German: bestimmt
Danish: øremærke	Greek: βάζω στην άκρη, ξεχωρίζω	Spanish: destinar, apartar
Estonian: tallele panema	Farsi: کنار گذاشتن؛ تخصیص دادن	Finnish: korvamerkitä
French: réserver (pour)	Hebrew: הָפרַשָה, הַקצָבָה	Hindi: कर्णांक
Croatian: odrediti	Hungarian: előirányoz	Indonesian: mencadangkan
Icelandic: geyma fyrir tiltekin not	Italian: destinare	Japanese: ～用に指定する
Korean: 따로 두다	Lithuanian: atidėti, skirti	Latvian: atlikt naudu (noteiktam m
Malay: memperuntukan	Dutch: bestemmen	Norwegian: øremerke, legge til side
Polish: przeznaczyć (coś) na	Persian: کنار گذاشتن؛ تخصیص دادن	Pashto: دوجود بېلوالى نښه، فارقه
Portuguese: destinar	Romanian: a pune deoparte	Russian: предназначать
Slovak: vyčleniť	Slovenian: določiti	Serbian: odvojiti
Swedish: öronmärka	Thai: หมายไว้, ทำรอยไว้, ทำตำหน	Turkish: ayırmak, bir kenara koyma
Taiwanese: 指定(供作特定用途)	Ukrainian: призначати	Urdu: کسی مقصد کے لۓ رقم وغیرہ
Vietnamese: đánh dấu riêng	Chinese: 指定…作为特定用途
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