Definition of Earmarking

1. Verb. (present participle of earmark) ¹

¹ Source: wiktionary.com

Definition of Earmarking

1. earmark [v] - See also: earmark

Lexicographical Neighbors of Earmarking

early seizure
early seral species
early spider orchid
early stage breast cancer
early syphilis
early to bed, early to rise, makes a man healthy, wealthy and wise
early wake-robin
early warning radar
early warning system
early winter cress
earlyish
earlywood
earlywoods
earmark
earmarked
earmarking (current term)
earmarks
earmold
earmolds
earmould
earmoulds
earmuff
earmuffed
earmuffs
earn
earn a living
earn one's keep
earned
earned media
earned run

Literary usage of Earmarking

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. The Growth of Federal User Charges by Pearl W. Richardson (1994)
"The Relationship Between Charging Users and earmarking Funds The issues of charging for governmental services and earmarking funds are related, but separate ..."

2. Preventing Tobacco Use Among Young People: A Report of the Surgeon General by M. Joycelyn Elders (1997)
"earmarking Taxes The apparent success of Proposition 99 in California has ... Similar earmarking of part of the state excise on cigarettes takes place in ..."

3. Brazil: Volume 2005 Issue 2 by OECD Staff (2005)
"Revenue earmarking and expenditure rigidities Brazil has extensive revenue earmarking, particularly at the federal level. It is estimated that about 80 per ..."

4. Accounting Theory and Practice by Roy Bernard Kester (1918)
"earmarking of Reserves According to the definition of surplus laid down in the beginning of this chapter, limiting the term strictly to the profits ..."

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