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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"
noun
1.
Identification mark on the ear of a domestic animal.
2.
A distinctive characteristic or attribute.  Synonyms: hallmark, stylemark, trademark.





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"Earmark" Quotes from Famous Books



... and his chickens in the rest of his house. His friends liked to hear him talk about his travels. He used to run stock horses and had a figger 7 on the left shoulder for his brand and the tip of each ear split was his earmark. ...
— Slave Narratives: a Folk History of Slavery in the United States From Interviews with Former Slaves - Texas Narratives, Part 1 • Works Projects Administration
... Pete, an' in his way he's a leadin' inflooence in Red Dog. He's owner of the 7-bar-D outfit, y'earmark a swallow-fork in both y'ears—which brands seventeen hundred calves each spring round-up; an' is moreover proprietor of the Abe Lincoln Hotel, the same bein' Red Dog's principal beanery. Bland don't have to keep this yere tavern none, ...
— Faro Nell and Her Friends - Wolfville Stories • Alfred Henry Lewis


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