earmarkverb [ T often passive ]
uk/ˈɪə.mɑːk/us/ˈɪr.mɑːrk/to keep or intend something for a particular purpose:
Five billion dollars of this year's budget is already earmarked for hospital improvements.
Thesaurus: synonyms and related words
Keeping and storing things
- appropriate
- aside
- bank
- capture
- cling
- cling (on) to sth
- enshrine
- lay
- maintain
- pack sth away
- put sth away
- repository
- reserve
- reserved
- storage
- store
- store sth up
- stow
- stow (sth) away
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