earmark

earmark
earmark ear‧mark [ˈɪəmɑːk ǁ ˈɪrmɑːrk] verb [transitive]
to plan to use something for a particular purpose or to give someone a particular role:
earmark somebody/​something for

• Of the money provided, 80% was earmarked for use in metropolitan areas.

earmark somebody/​something as

• He had been earmarked as a possible successor to Bush.

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earmark UK US /ˈɪəmɑːk/ noun [C]
► US LAW, POLITICS in the US, a legal request that is added to a law to make sure that an amount of money from the US Congress’s budget is spent on a particular project: »

Members of the Party used the 111th Congress to request hundreds of earmarks that added more than $1 billion to the federal budget.

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Earmarks often result in the expenditure of large sums of taxpayer money to help a limited number of people.

► US LAW, POLITICS an amount of money from the US Congress’s budget to be spent on a particular project: »

A senator obtained an earmark of $1.5 million last year to deal with a beetle that attacks trees, lawns, and crops.

► a characteristic or feature that is typical of a person or thing: »

He said the plan had all the earmarks of an economic disaster because it would increase customer costs.

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earmark UK US /ˈɪəmɑːk/ verb [T]
► to keep or plan to use something for a particular purpose: earmark sth for sth »

The money had been earmarked for airport improvements.

 earmark sth as sth »

Africa was earmarked as a growth area.

 earmark sth to do sth »

Around 100 stores are earmarked to be sold.


Financial and business terms. 2012.

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