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earmark

1 of 2

noun

ear·​mark ˈir-ˌmärk How to pronounce earmark (audio)
1
: a mark of identification on the ear of an animal
2
: a distinguishing mark
all the earmarks of poverty
3
: a provision in Congressional legislation that allocates a specified amount of money for a specific project, program, or organization

earmark

2 of 2

verb

earmarked; earmarking; earmarks

transitive verb

1
a
: to mark (livestock) with an earmark
b
: to mark in a distinguishing manner
2
: to designate (something, such as funds) for a specific use or owner
money earmarked for education

Synonyms

Verb

Example Sentences

Verb The project uses funds that had been earmarked for education. the earnings from my second job have been earmarked for a down payment on a car
Recent Examples on the Web
Noun
The money for the Gateway Cities expansion comes from a $3 million earmark of federal American Rescue Plan Act funds in a spending bill that Governor Charlie Baker signed late last year. Jon Chesto, BostonGlobe.com, 15 Aug. 2022 Reed and Whitehouse, who are both Democrats, supported the earmark. Brian Amaral, BostonGlobe.com, 8 Aug. 2022 In 2020, the earmark for the state’s income tax, which had solely funded public and higher education, was broadened to include select social services. Daedan Olander, The Salt Lake Tribune, 4 Mar. 2022 The $100 million earmark would be direct funding from the state. Jc Reindl, Detroit Free Press, 1 July 2022 Business Leaders for Michigan, a business group, issued a statement praising the inclusion of the $100 million earmark for the DCI in the budget. Jc Reindl, Detroit Free Press, 1 July 2022 Cloud is a member of the Freedom Caucus, a group of the most conservative House Republicans that includes five Texans who did not request or receive earmark funding. Andrew Zhang, San Antonio Express-News, 16 Apr. 2022 And earmark years back called pathway to the building trades. cleveland, 8 Apr. 2022 Only in recent decades that funding dried up, as earmark programs — specific funding directed at local projects — basically ended about a decade ago. Jesse Wright, chicagotribune.com, 28 Mar. 2022
Verb
Contributors can leave it up to the United Nations where to direct the money, but donors earmark the great majority of it for specific programs and countries. New York Times, 22 Aug. 2022 The millage would earmark $20.4 million for new and improved service, including additional paratransit coverage and new microtransit areas, such as on-demand services, as well as new transit routes, according to information about the plan. Eric D. Lawrence, Detroit Free Press, 10 Aug. 2022 An unlikely backer Ride-hailing company Lyft has poured more than $15 million into Proposition 30, which would raise the income tax rate for wealthy people and earmark the money for climate projects, including getting more people into electric cars. Kellie Hwang, San Francisco Chronicle, 8 Aug. 2022 The fund would earmark money to the Department of Child Services, the Family and Social Services Administration, the Indiana Department of Health and the Indiana Department of Homeland Security to support programs for families and mothers. Rachel Fradette, The Indianapolis Star, 27 July 2022 Property owners in Burnsville could get the power to earmark some of their tax dollars to individual city services, including police, fire and parks. Erin Adler, Star Tribune, 14 June 2021 The measure, which voters passed in 2020, is a 1 percent sales tax the city promised to earmark for public safety. San Diego Union-Tribune, 26 June 2022 Later that day, Rage Against the Machine pledged to earmark its proceeds from two concerts in Wisconsin and Illinois —$475,000 so far — toward reproductive health care access in those states. Sara Netzley, EW.com, 25 June 2022 The history of California politics is rich with battles over taxes — the sweeping cuts ushered in by Proposition 13, higher taxes on tobacco and the state’s wealthiest residents and efforts to earmark money for public schools. John Myers, Los Angeles Times, 25 Feb. 2022 See More

Word History

First Known Use

Noun

15th century, in the meaning defined at sense 1

Verb

1591, in the meaning defined at sense 1a

Time Traveler
The first known use of earmark was in the 15th century

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