transcription, транскрипция: [ ɪə(r)mɑ:(r)k ]
( earmarks, earmarking, earmarked)
1.
If resources such as money are earmarked for a particular purpose, they are reserved for that purpose.
...the extra money being earmarked for the new projects...
The education department has earmarked £6m for the new school...
Some of the money has been earmarked to pay for the re-settlement of people from contaminated areas.
= set aside
VERB : be V-ed for n , V n for n , be V-ed to-inf
2.
If something has been earmarked for closure or disposal, for example, people have decided that it will be closed or got rid of.
Their support meant that he was not forced to sell the business which was earmarked for disposal last year...
VERB : usu passive , be V-ed for n