Synonyms of the word earmark


EARMARKALLOT - ALLOW - APPROPRIATE - ASSIGN - CHARACTERISTIC - HALLMARK - MARK - MARKER - MARKING - PORTION - RESERVE - TRADEMARK

earmark

  • v. (transitive) To mark (as of sheep) by slitting the ear.
  • v. (transitive, by extension) To specify or set aside for a particular purpose, to allocate.
  • n. A mark or deformation of the ear of an animal, intended to indicate ownership.
  • n. (US, politics) The designation of specific projects in appropriations of funding for general programs.
  • n. A mark for identification; a distinguishing mark.

allot

  • v. (transitive) To distribute or apportion by (or as if by) lot.
  • v. (transitive) To assign or designate as a task or for a purpose.

allow

  • v. (transitive) To grant, give, admit, accord, afford, or yield; to let one have.
  • v. (transitive) To acknowledge; to accept as true; to concede; to accede to an opinion.
  • v. (transitive) To grant (something) as a deduction or an addition; especially to abate or deduct.
  • v. (transitive) To grant license to; to permit; to consent to.
  • v. To not bar or obstruct.
  • v. (intransitive) To acknowledge or concede.
  • v. (transitive) To take into account by making an allowance.
  • v. (transitive) To render physically possible.
  • v. (transitive, obsolete) To praise; to approve of; hence, to sanction.
  • v. (obsolete) To sanction; to invest; to entrust.
  • v. (transitive, obsolete) To like; to be suited or pleased with.

appropriate

  • adj. (obsolete) Set apart for a particular use or person; reserved.
  • adj. Hence, belonging peculiarly; peculiar; suitable; fit; proper.
  • adj. Suitable to the social situation or to social respect or social discreetness; socially correct; socially…
  • v. (transitive, archaic) To make suitable; to suit.
  • v. (transitive) To take to oneself; to claim or use, especially as by an exclusive right.
  • v. (transitive) To set apart for, or assign to, a particular person or use, especially in exclusion of all…
  • v. (transitive, Britain, ecclesiastical, law) To annex (for example a benefice, to a spiritual corporation,…

assign

  • v. (transitive) To designate or set apart something for some purpose.
  • v. (transitive) To appoint or select someone for some office.
  • v. (transitive) To allot or give something as a task.
  • v. (transitive) To attribute or sort something into categories.
  • v. (transitive, law) To transfer property, a legal right, etc., from one person to another.
  • v. (transitive, programming) To give (a value) to a variable.
  • n. An assignee.
  • n. (obsolete) A thing relating or belonging to something else; an appurtenance.

characteristic

  • adj. Being a distinguishing feature of a person or thing.
  • n. a distinguishing feature of a person or thing.
  • n. (mathematics) the integer part of a logarithm.
  • n. (nautical) the distinguishing features of a navigational light on a lighthouse etc by which it can be…
  • n. (algebra, field theory) The minimum number of times that the unit of a field must be added unto itself…

hallmark

  • n. A distinguishing characteristic.
  • n. An official marking made by a trusted party, usually an assay office, on items made of precious metals.
  • v. To provide or stamp with a hallmark.

mark

  • n. (heading) Boundary, land within a boundary.
  • n. (heading) Characteristic, sign, visible impression.
  • n. (heading) Indicator of position, objective etc.
  • n. (heading) Attention.
  • v. To put a mark upon; to make recognizable by a mark.
  • v. To indicate in some way for later reference.
  • v. To take note of.
  • v. To blemish, scratch, or stain.
  • v. To indicate the correctness of and give a score to an essay, exam answers, etc.
  • v. To keep account of; to enumerate and register.
  • v. (Australian Rules football) To catch the ball directly from a kick of 10 metres or more without having…
  • v. (sports) To follow a player not in possession of the ball when defending, to prevent them receiving a…
  • v. (golf) To put a marker in the place of one's ball.
  • v. (singing) To sing softly, and perhaps an octave lower than usual, in order to protect one's voice during…
  • n. A measure of weight (especially for gold and silver), once used throughout Europe, equivalent to 8 oz.
  • n. (now historical) An English and Scottish unit of currency (originally valued at one mark weight of silver),…
  • n. Any of various European monetary units, especially the base unit of currency of Germany between 1948 and…
  • n. A mark coin.
  • v. (imperative, marching) Alternative form of march (said to be easier to pronounce while giving a command).

marker

  • n. An object used to mark a location.
  • n. Someone or something that marks.
  • n. A real or virtual objective, something to be aimed for.
  • n. A felt-tipped pen.
  • n. (colloquial) Marks of ink left by this type of pen.
  • n. (US, slang) A signed note of a debt to be paid.
  • n. (US, slang, figuratively) A nonmonetary debt owed to someone, especially in return for a favor.
  • n. (paintball) A device that fires a paintball.
  • n. (sports).
  • n. A gene or DNA sequence with a known location on a chromosome that can be used to identify individuals…
  • n. (In competition law) A recognition given by a competition authority that a company is the first to approach…
  • v. To mark or write on (something) using a marker.

marking

  • v. present participle of mark.
  • n. (uncountable) The action of the verb to mark.
  • n. a mark.
  • n. the characteristic colouration and patterning of an animal.

portion

  • n. An allocated amount.
  • n. That which is divided off or separated, as a part from a whole; a separated part of anything.
  • n. One's fate; lot.
  • n. The part of an estate given or falling to a child or heir; an inheritance.
  • n. A wife's fortune; a dowry.
  • v. (transitive) To divide into amounts, as for allocation to specific purposes.
  • v. (transitive) To endow with a portion or inheritance.

reserve

  • n. (behaviour) Restriction.
  • n. That which is reserved or kept back, as for future use.
  • n. (social) Something initially kept back for later use in a recreation.
  • n. In exhibitions, a distinction indicating that the recipient will get a prize in the event of another person…
  • n. (calico printing) A resist.
  • n. A preparation used on an object being electroplated to fix the limits of the deposit.
  • v. To keep back; to retain.
  • v. To keep in store for future or special use.
  • v. To book in advance; to make a reservation.
  • v. (obsolete) To make an exception of; to except.

trademark

  • adj. (informal) distinctive, characteristic, signature.
  • n. A word, symbol, or phrase used to identify a particular company's product and differentiate it from other…
  • n. Any proprietary business, product or service name.
  • v. To register something as a trademark.
  • v. To so label a product.

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