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earmarkear‧mark /ˈɪəmɑːk $ ˈɪrmɑːrk/ verb [transitive]  VERB TABLEearmark |
Present | I, you, we, they | earmark | | he, she, it | earmarks | Past | I, you, he, she, it, we, they | earmarked | Present perfect | I, you, we, they | have earmarked | | he, she, it | has earmarked | Past perfect | I, you, he, she, it, we, they | had earmarked | Future | I, you, he, she, it, we, they | will earmark | Future perfect | I, you, he, she, it, we, they | will have earmarked |
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Present | I | am earmarking | | he, she, it | is earmarking | | you, we, they | are earmarking | Past | I, he, she, it | was earmarking | | you, we, they | were earmarking | Present perfect | I, you, we, they | have been earmarking | | he, she, it | has been earmarking | Past perfect | I, you, he, she, it, we, they | had been earmarking | Future | I, you, he, she, it, we, they | will be earmarking | Future perfect | I, you, he, she, it, we, they | will have been earmarking |
- 20% of the budget has already been earmarked for a new computer system.
- Dawson was earmarked as Reiner's successor as District Attorney.
- The funds are earmarked to help pay for the cathedral's renovation.
- Berkowitz said a portion of the money paid to her clients would be earmarked for therapy and counseling sessions.
- Churchill had already earmarked Lyttleton for the job.
- Even the increase proposed will put pressure on Congress to hold down other spending or dip into funds earmarked for Social Security.
- For instance, one provision allows them to spend money earmarked for welfare on other programs.
- Last year, Working Assets distributed $ 2. 15 million to 36 liberal non-profits, as earmarked by individual customers.
- Unfortunately it had just been earmarked for housing.
- Wirral Council has earmarked £150,000 in its capital programme for refurbishment work.
to decide to use someone or something for a particular purpose► designate to officially choose someone or something for a particular purpose, often with the result that they cannot be used for anything else: · Designate a driver who won't be drinking before going to a party or club.designate somebody/something as something: · Mattos Elementary has been designated as this area's "home" school.designate somebody/something for somebody/something: · One of the queues was designated for people with an EC passport.designate somebody/something to do something: · $6 million has been designated to make road safety improvements on Pacheco Pass. ► earmark to choose someone or something from among a larger group so that they can be used for a particular purpose in the future: earmark somebody/something for something: · 20% of the budget has already been earmarked for a new computer system.earmark somebody/something to do something: · The funds are earmarked to help pay for the cathedral's renovation.earmark somebody/something as something: · Dawson was earmarked as Reiner's successor as District Attorney. NOUN► funds· Because the national curriculum can not be properly taught without new textbooks, we will earmark funds for class and library books. ► million· Mark Foley, R-Fla., that would earmark $ 210 million to purchase environmentally sensitive areas near the Everglades. ► money· Others take earmarked money but go beyond the legal requirements and identify big donors. to decide that something will be used for a particular purpose or have something done to it in the futurebe earmarked for something 85% of foreign aid is earmarked by Congress for specific purposes. schools earmarked for closurebe earmarked as something He had been earmarked as a potential leader.GRAMMAR Earmark is usually passive. |