a slip, e.g. of paper or cloth, attached to something to give information about it
a brand name, esp the name of a fashion house or a record company
a descriptive or identifying word or phrase, e.g.:
an epithet
a word or phrase used with a dictionary definition to provide additional information, e.g. level of usage
in chemistry or biology, a radioactive isotope (form in which an atom can occur), a fluorescent dye, or an enzyme used to follow through a chemical reaction or biological process
in computing, a number or word that identifies a location within a computer program
in heraldry, a charge2 (heraldic figure) consisting of a narrow horizontal band with usu three pendants
in architecture, a dripstone
[Middle English, in the sense ‘narrow band, strip’, from early French, prob of Germanic origin]