The highway construction project received a $500,000 earmark from the federal government.
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Earmark
//ˈɪəmɑːk//
Synonyms for "earmark" (187 found)
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60 translations across 16 languages.
Bashkir
1 entries- инәү noun (mark made or tag attached to the ear of an animal, generally to identify or indicate something about the animal)
Bulgarian
4 entries- дамга на ухото noun (mark made or tag attached to the ear of an animal, generally to identify or indicate something about the animal)
- дамгосвам verb (to make a mark or attach a tag to the ear of (an animal, chiefly a livestock animal), generally to identify or indicate something about the animal)
- заделя verb (to designate or set aside (someone or something) for a particular purpose — see also allocate)
- заделям verb (to designate or set aside (someone or something) for a particular purpose — see also allocate)
Danish
2 entries- øremærke verb (to make a mark or attach a tag to the ear of (an animal, chiefly a livestock animal), generally to identify or indicate something about the animal)
- øremærke verb (to designate or set aside (someone or something) for a particular purpose — see also allocate)
Finnish
4 entries- korvamerkki noun (mark made or tag attached to the ear of an animal, generally to identify or indicate something about the animal)
- korvamerkki noun (specifically, mark of ownership)
- merkki noun (any distinguishing or identifying mark or sign)
- osoitus noun (act of designating certain funds to be used for a specific purpose)
French
2 entries- allouer verb (to designate or set aside (someone or something) for a particular purpose — see also allocate)
- réserver verb (to designate or set aside (someone or something) for a particular purpose — see also allocate)
German
1 entries- bestimmen verb (to designate or set aside (someone or something) for a particular purpose — see also allocate)
Hungarian
4 entries- elkülönít verb (to designate or set aside (someone or something) for a particular purpose — see also allocate)
- előirányoz verb (to designate or set aside (someone or something) for a particular purpose — see also allocate)
- félretesz verb (to designate or set aside (someone or something) for a particular purpose — see also allocate)
- kijelöl verb (to designate or set aside (someone or something) for a particular purpose — see also allocate)
Indonesian
2 entries- tengas noun (mark made or tag attached to the ear of an animal, generally to identify or indicate something about the animal)
- menengas verb (to make a mark or attach a tag to the ear of (an animal, chiefly a livestock animal), generally to identify or indicate something about the animal)
Kazakh
1 entries- солақ noun (mark made or tag attached to the ear of an animal, generally to identify or indicate something about the animal)
Māori
1 entries- tāpui verb (to designate or set aside (someone or something) for a particular purpose — see also allocate)
Norwegian Bokmål
2 entries- øremerke verb (to make a mark or attach a tag to the ear of (an animal, chiefly a livestock animal), generally to identify or indicate something about the animal)
- øremerke verb (to designate or set aside (someone or something) for a particular purpose — see also allocate)
Romanian
2 entries- alocare noun (designation by the Congress that certain federal funds be appropriated for a specific project)
- alocație noun (designation by the Congress that certain federal funds be appropriated for a specific project)
Russian
4 entries- клеймо́ на ухе noun (mark made or tag attached to the ear of an animal, generally to identify or indicate something about the animal)
- тавро noun (mark made or tag attached to the ear of an animal, generally to identify or indicate something about the animal)
- выделя́ть verb (to designate or set aside (someone or something) for a particular purpose — see also allocate)
- отмеча́ть verb (to designate or set aside (someone or something) for a particular purpose — see also allocate)
Spanish
4 entries- asignación noun (designation by the Congress that certain federal funds be appropriated for a specific project)
- destino noun (designation by the Congress that certain federal funds be appropriated for a specific project)
- reserva noun (designation by the Congress that certain federal funds be appropriated for a specific project)
- apartar verb (to designate or set aside (someone or something) for a particular purpose — see also allocate)
Swedish
1 entries- öronmärka verb (to designate or set aside (someone or something) for a particular purpose — see also allocate)
Welsh
4 entries- clustnod noun (mark made or tag attached to the ear of an animal, generally to identify or indicate something about the animal)
- clustnod noun (any distinguishing or identifying mark or sign)
- clustnod noun (specifically, mark of ownership)
- clustnodiad noun (act of designating certain funds to be used for a specific purpose)
Sample sentences
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The wandering heifer's earmark revealed that it had escaped from the farm down the road.
Source: tatoeba (5480188)
Some mark them [sheep] vvith Raddle and make Ear-marks.
Source: wiktionary
[H]e ſhoulde be dyſcryued by hys rounding and his eare marke: […]
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Data sourced from Wiktionary, WordNet, CMU, and other open linguistic databases. Updated March 2026.