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Earmark   /ˈɪrmˌɑrk/   Listen
Earmark

verb
(past & past part. earmarked; pres. part. earmarking)
1.
Give or assign a resource to a particular person or cause.  Synonyms: allow, appropriate, reserve, set aside.  "She sets aside time for meditation every day"






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"Earmark" Quotes from Famous Books



... at the enclosure, and found it was a check for five hundred dollars. He laid it on his desk, and read the note over again. It was beyond question written by a lady. Every earmark showed that, from the delicate scent of the paper, to the fine, even handwriting. Peter wanted to know who she was. He looked at the check to see by whom it was signed; to find that it was drawn by the cashier of the bank at which it ...
— The Honorable Peter Stirling and What People Thought of Him • Paul Leicester Ford



Words linked to "Earmark" :   mold, allot, assign, characteristic, mould, marking, mark, marker, portion, set aside



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