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Definition

politics: congressional instructions (often never voted upon) specifying how funds should be spent

or (more generally): give or assign a resource to a particular person or cause

He earmarked a million dollars for the museum.

About a quarter of one's salary had to be earmarked for voluntary subscriptions, which were so numerous that it was difficult to keep track of them.
George Orwell -- 1984

earmarked = saved or used

He reportedly earned $160,000 for his appearance in the sixty-second spot, money earmarked for his nonprofit foundation.
Eric Schlosser -- Fast Food Nation
Perhaps I wanted to auction them off, with the proceeds earmarked for specific organizations or universities?
Nicholas Sparks -- The Longest Ride
And if I end up stuck in the storm and doomed to die, I'm totally eating the other earmarked meals.
Andy Weir -- The Martian
Helen has earmarked the broth and bouillon for Dan until he's better; and the candy for the children.
Pat Frank -- Alas, Babylon
She might have to take them on a train, and she couldn't ride on a train with her clothing torn, it was one of the earmarks of the fugitive.
Ann Petry -- Harriet Tubman
In these respects, it is perfectly familiar to Hiro: it bears the earmarks of a high-tech product that is still under development.
Neal Stephenson -- Snow Crash
He had never before spent a needless penny, since all money had been earmarked for his bookstore.
John Steinbeck -- East of Eden
That would carry over onto the field throughout this season, which at the moment was beginning to have all the earmarks of being very special.
Tim Tebow -- Through My Eyes
The book had been earmarked to the Gospel of Thomas.
Jodi Picoult -- Change of Heart
We've taken two articles earmarked for the issue after this one and we're going to fill the gaps with freelance material.
Stieg Larsson -- The Girl Who Played with Fire
Part was earmarked for the bank to finance the next big phase of her long-term program.
Russell Baker -- Growing Up
They worked two days in the holdingpens branding and earmarking and castrating and dehorning and inoculating.
Cormac McCarthy -- All the Pretty Horses
Only a thin trickle of food was coming into King's Landing, most of it earmarked for castle and garrison.
George R.R. Martin -- A Clash of Kings
This was one of the significant earmarks of his life.
Hermann Hesse -- Steppenwolf
He'll be quoting Scripture; he probably has some passages already earmarked.
Ron Suskind -- A Hope in the Unseen
Why, he had all the earmarks of a typewriter copyist, if you leave out the disposition to contribute uninvited emendations of your grammar and punctuation.
Mark Twain -- A Connecticut Yankee in King Arthur's Court
In a couple of cases he had, in effect, paid their tuition, by giving money to a school fund earmarked for scholarships for those who couldn't afford tuition.
Michael Lewis -- The Blind Side
To make sure these properties were constant throughout the park, Burnham had his chief engineer, Abraham Gottlieb, test locations earmarked for other buildings.
Erik Larson -- The Devil in the White City

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