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▸ verb: (transitive, by extension) To specify or set aside for a particular purpose, to allocate.
▸ verb: (transitive, finance, UK) To designate part of a pension to be payable to the holder's former spouse or partner at its time of payment.
▸ noun: A mark or deformation of the ear of an animal, intended to indicate ownership.
▸ noun: (US, politics) The designation of specific projects in appropriations of funding for general programs.
▸ noun: A mark for identification; a distinguishing mark.
Similar:
set aside,
reserve,
trademark,
hallmark,
allow,
appropriate,
stylemark,
undermark,
baste,
scar,
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Types:
pork barrel,
logrolling,
bridge to nowhere,
pet project,
hidden agenda,
backdoor spending,
earmark trading,
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