Earmark
verb
To set something aside for a specific future use.
The government has earmarked millions of dollars for educational reform.
Often appears as...
- earmark funds
- earmark for something
noun
A characteristic or feature that is typical of a person or thing.
His creativity and innovation became the earmark of his leadership style.
Often appears as...
- earmark of something
- have an earmark
verb
To set something aside for a specific future use.
The government has earmarked millions of dollars for educational reform.
Often appears as...
- earmark funds
- earmark for something
noun
A characteristic or feature that is typical of a person or thing.
His creativity and innovation became the earmark of his leadership style.
Often appears as...
- earmark of something
- have an earmark
Definition 1 of 2
Pro Tip 1/3Future Planning
Earmark often implies funds are being designated for a specific purpose in future plans.
The university earmarked a portion of their budget to improve campus facilities.
Pro Tip 2/3Fiscal Context
Commonly used in budget talks, earmark relates to allocating monetary resources.
The mayor earmarked funds for the new public transportation project.
Pro Tip 3/3Specific Use
Earmark stresses the importance of setting aside funds for a distinct purpose or project.
A portion of the charity's income is earmarked for disaster relief.
Pro Tip 1/3Future Planning
Earmark often implies funds are being designated for a specific purpose in future plans.
The university earmarked a portion of their budget to improve campus facilities.
Pro Tip 2/3Fiscal Context
Commonly used in budget talks, earmark relates to allocating monetary resources.
The mayor earmarked funds for the new public transportation project.
Pro Tip 3/3Specific Use
Earmark stresses the importance of setting aside funds for a distinct purpose or project.
A portion of the charity's income is earmarked for disaster relief.
Pro Tip 1/3Future Planning
Earmark often implies funds are being designated for a specific purpose in future plans.
The university earmarked a portion of their budget to improve campus facilities.
Pro Tip 2/3Fiscal Context
Commonly used in budget talks, earmark relates to allocating monetary resources.
The mayor earmarked funds for the new public transportation project.
Pro Tip 3/3Specific Use
Earmark stresses the importance of setting aside funds for a distinct purpose or project.
A portion of the charity's income is earmarked for disaster relief.
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Erika Larsen: The...
what it was and what was happening. And I would truly have no idea of the deep significance of this event for another year and a half. But it was the only thing on the wall, so I figured intuitively it must be important. And, um... it's a reindeer calf that's being marked in the ear. The earmark shows the ownership.
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A new way to fund health...
I mean conditions for which funding hadn't been earmarked. Earmarking may seem like smart business or smart philanthropy on paper, but it doesn't make any sense when you're looking the person in the eye. Yet, this is how we deliver health care to millions of people the world over.
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New Home for Mama Abut PIPE...
Ares to release orangutangs are increasingly hard to find over half a Borneo's forest cover has already been logged or cut down to make way for oil palm plantations and still more has been earmarked for development palm oil is
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Meet global corruption's...
shell and any paid the Nigerian government for the block the Nigerian government transferred precisely the same amount to the very dollar to an account earmarked for a shell company whose hidden owner was a tete a now it's
Video examples
Erika Larsen: The...
what it was and what was happening. And I would truly have no idea of the deep significance of this event for another year and a half. But it was the only thing on the wall, so I figured intuitively it must be important. And, um... it's a reindeer calf that's being marked in the ear. The earmark shows the ownership.
Video examples
A new way to fund health...
I mean conditions for which funding hadn't been earmarked. Earmarking may seem like smart business or smart philanthropy on paper, but it doesn't make any sense when you're looking the person in the eye. Yet, this is how we deliver health care to millions of people the world over.
Video examples
New Home for Mama Abut PIPE...
Ares to release orangutangs are increasingly hard to find over half a Borneo's forest cover has already been logged or cut down to make way for oil palm plantations and still more has been earmarked for development palm oil is
Video examples
Meet global corruption's...
shell and any paid the Nigerian government for the block the Nigerian government transferred precisely the same amount to the very dollar to an account earmarked for a shell company whose hidden owner was a tete a now it's
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Quote examples
Mel Gibson
Actor
I don't think we're crumbling as a civilization, but this is not our finest hour, and it's good to be mindful that we're all susceptible to fall and to look at what are the earmarks of a civilization on the wane. What are they - destruction of the environment? Conspicuous consumption? Heard of those?
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Stanley Marcus
American Businessman
Maybe it's my age that makes me very conscious of loose threads, but I don't think that's an earmark of a fine product. And whenever I have a deep-seated feeling like that, I convey it to the person who made it. Sometimes they curse me, and sometimes they thank me.
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Chuck Fleischmann
American Politician
When I came to Congress, I campaigned for fiscal responsibility. And the earmarking problem and crisis caused a great erosion in the public's confidence in Congress. We've got to find a way to do it without that. And I'm confident that we can.
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Jeff Fortenberry
American Politician
Considering community support and cost-benefit analysis, I have supported earmarks for projects of high public purpose involving such areas as higher education, alternative energy, transportation, medical research and military infrastructure.
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Pete Holmes
American Comedian
We'd all like to increase pleasure and minimize pain, but the truth is, suffering, even collective suffering that we're going through, is often the earmark that some real change is happening.
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Jef I. Richards
American Educator
In the world of commercial speech, tobacco advertising bears the earmarks of an endangered species.
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Dick Durbin
American Politician
I don't disagree with Senator McCain when he talks about the earmark process.
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Claire McCaskill
American Politician
Frankly, earmarking is not the problem. It is a symptom of the problem.
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Matt Duffer
You know, there's nothing in 'E.T.' that earmarks it as really '80s.
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Judd Gregg
American Politician
I have never been opposed to earmarks.
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Mel Gibson
Actor
I don't think we're crumbling as a civilization, but this is not our finest hour, and it's good to be mindful that we're all susceptible to fall and to look at what are the earmarks of a civilization on the wane. What are they - destruction of the environment? Conspicuous consumption? Heard of those?
Quote examples
Stanley Marcus
American Businessman
Maybe it's my age that makes me very conscious of loose threads, but I don't think that's an earmark of a fine product. And whenever I have a deep-seated feeling like that, I convey it to the person who made it. Sometimes they curse me, and sometimes they thank me.
Quote examples
Chuck Fleischmann
American Politician
When I came to Congress, I campaigned for fiscal responsibility. And the earmarking problem and crisis caused a great erosion in the public's confidence in Congress. We've got to find a way to do it without that. And I'm confident that we can.
Quote examples
Jeff Fortenberry
American Politician
Considering community support and cost-benefit analysis, I have supported earmarks for projects of high public purpose involving such areas as higher education, alternative energy, transportation, medical research and military infrastructure.
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Pete Holmes
American Comedian
We'd all like to increase pleasure and minimize pain, but the truth is, suffering, even collective suffering that we're going through, is often the earmark that some real change is happening.
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Jef I. Richards
American Educator
In the world of commercial speech, tobacco advertising bears the earmarks of an endangered species.
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Dick Durbin
American Politician
I don't disagree with Senator McCain when he talks about the earmark process.
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Claire McCaskill
American Politician
Frankly, earmarking is not the problem. It is a symptom of the problem.
Quote examples
Matt Duffer
You know, there's nothing in 'E.T.' that earmarks it as really '80s.
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Judd Gregg
American Politician
I have never been opposed to earmarks.
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