earmark
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- n identification mark on the ear of a domestic animal
- n a distinctive characteristic or attribute
- v give or assign a resource to a particular person or cause
I will earmark this money for your research
- Here's a web story from Scherer and me on the furor over the earmarks in the 2009 omnibus bill passed by the House yesterday.
- Obama Releases His Earmark Requests; Calls on Clinton to do the Same.
- The incomparable Jonathan Allen of CQ finds Barack Obama's name on one of the earmarks in the spending bill that just passed the House, which is essentially a leftover bill from .