earmark
a provision in a piece of Congressional legislation that directs specified federal funds to specific projects, programs, organizations, or individuals: Lawmakers requested almost 40,000 earmarks worth more than $100 billion directed to their home districts and states.: Compare pork barrel.
to set aside for a specific purpose, use, recipient, etc.: to earmark goods for export.
to mark with an earmark.
Origin of earmark
1Other words from earmark
- un·ear·marked, adjective
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How to use earmark in a sentence
The Dallas-Fort Worth area is being targeted for the largest collective earmark request in the country, according to a detailed breakdown of overall requests released by the House Appropriations Committee.
Dallas blows out the rest of the country in earmark requests | Lachlan Markay | May 14, 2021 | AxiosA decade ago, Republicans vehemently opposed a stimulus package from a Democratic president, won an election by making it a focal point and then banned earmarks partly in the name of instituting fiscal responsibility.
The GOP’s earmarks evolution says a lot about its Trumpian turn | Aaron Blake | March 18, 2021 | Washington PostAlthough earmarks might sit untouched, money sometimes can be used for its original purpose.
Congress recognized the problem in 2015, passing a provision that allows dormant earmarks more than a decade old to be reused on other nearby projects.
Last week, before Democrats had confirmed their plans, state officials gathered virtually to discuss the return of earmarks.
Despite the anti-earmark rhetoric in Congress, John Boehner still misses them.
9 Revelations From Robert Draper’s ‘Do Not Ask What Good We Do’ | Ben Jacobs | April 25, 2012 | THE DAILY BEASTIf those things can be done, I'd happily reward every member of Congress with an earmark of his or her very own.
Does the Tea Party class know that the earmark-ban game is already over?
If earmark reform was something that the public understood well enough to hunger for, John McCain would be our president.
That sense of humor does not lessen but it lightens the gallantry and chivalry which is the earmark of Westerners.
The Native Son | Inez Haynes IrwinEvery earmark showed that, from the delicate scent of the paper, to the fine, even handwriting.
The Honorable Peter Stirling and What People Thought of Him | Paul Leicester FordThat little trick, for example, of beginning sentences with the word “also,” is a familiar earmark of the Kipling school.
The Life of Bret Harte | Henry Childs MerwinThese minor obligations do not earmark more than an hour in the day.
First and Last Things | H. G. WellsIt wont do, she averred, but Mr. Denby has every earmark of it.
Under Cover | Roi Cooper Megrue
British Dictionary definitions for earmark
/ (ˈɪəˌmɑːk) /
to set aside or mark out for a specific purpose
to make an identification mark on the ear of (a domestic animal)
a mark of identification on the ear of a domestic animal
any distinguishing mark or characteristic
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