Associations to the word «Earmark»
Noun
- Appropriation
- Spending
- Fund
- Funding
- Budget
- Revenue
- Tax
- Project
- Dollar
- Transportation
- Money
- Redevelopment
- Pork
- Taxpayer
- Flake
- Client
- Contribution
- Federal
- Congressman
- Grant
- Requirement
- Wilkes
- Provision
- Proceeds
- Closure
- Accountability
- Profit
- Transparency
- Erickson
- Donation
- Allotment
- Sharif
- Allocation
- Quart
- Conte
- Aptitude
- Lottery
- Congress
- Contractor
- Alaska
- Disposal
- Deliberation
- Request
- Premium
- Aden
- Bill
- Senator
- Initiative
- Expenditure
- Offensive
- Rebuilding
- Lobbying
- Donor
- Infrastructure
- Mohamed
- Acre
- Upgrade
- Linda
- Ethics
- Contender
- Million
- Disposition
- Barrel
- Euro
- Ahmed
- Renovation
- Republican
- Cattle
Adjective
Wiktionary
EARMARK, verb. (transitive) To mark (as of sheep) by slitting the ear.
EARMARK, verb. (transitive) (by extension) To specify or set aside for a particular purpose.
EARMARK, noun. A mark or deformation of the ear of an animal, intended to indicate ownership.
EARMARK, noun. (US) (politics) The designation of specific projects in appropriations of funding for general programs.
EARMARK, noun. A mark for identification; a distinguishing mark.
Dictionary definition
EARMARK, noun. Identification mark on the ear of a domestic animal.
EARMARK, noun. A distinctive characteristic or attribute.
EARMARK, verb. Give or assign a resource to a particular person or cause; "I will earmark this money for your research"; "She sets aside time for meditation every day".
Wise words
The most important things are the hardest things to say.
They are the things you get ashamed of because words
diminish your feelings - words shrink things that seem
timeless when they are in your head to no more than living
size when they are brought out.