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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



... were Nick," said the cowboy. Then he added quickly, as if regretting his remark, "Our earmark is an under-bit right and a split left, you said. Well, the Four-Bar-M earmark is a crop and an under-bit right and a swallow-fork left." With the point of his iron now he again marked in the dirt. "Here's your Cross-Triangle: ; and here's ...
— When A Man's A Man • Harold Bell Wright

... If the normal man lives constantly below his maximum, what shall we say of the nervous invalid? Fatigability is the very earmark of his condition. In many instances he seems scarcely able to raise his hand to his head. Sometimes he can scarcely speak for weariness. Frequently to walk a block sends him to bed for a week. I once had a patient ...
— Outwitting Our Nerves - A Primer of Psychotherapy • Josephine A. Jackson and Helen M. Salisbury



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



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