EARMARK
\ˈi͡əmɑːk], \ˈiəmɑːk], \ˈiə_m_ɑː_k]\
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give or assign a share of money or time to a particular person or cause; "I will earmark this money for your research"
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a distinctive characteristic or attribute
By Princeton University
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give or assign a share of money or time to a particular person or cause; "I will earmark this money for your research"
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a distinctive characteristic or attribute
By DataStellar Co., Ltd
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A mark on the ear of sheep, oxen, dogs, etc., as by cropping or slitting.
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A mark for identification; a distinguishing mark.
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To mark, as sheep, by cropping or slitting the ear.
By Oddity Software
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A mark on the ear of sheep, oxen, dogs, etc., as by cropping or slitting.
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A mark for identification; a distinguishing mark.
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To mark, as sheep, by cropping or slitting the ear.
By Noah Webster.
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A mark on a sheep's ear: in law, any mark for identification, as a privy mark made by any one on a coin: any distinguishing mark, natural or other, by which the ownership or relation of any thing is known. "What distinguishing marks can a man fix upon a set of intellectual ideas, so as to call himself proprietor of them? They have no earmarks upon them, no tokens of a particular proprietor."-Burrows.
By Daniel Lyons
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