EARMARK


Meaning of EARMARK in English

(~s, ~ing, ~ed)

1.

If resources such as money are ~ed for a particular purpose, they are reserved for that purpose.

...the extra money being ~ed for the new projects...

The education department has ~ed ?6m for the new school...

Some of the money has been ~ed 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 ~ed 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 ~ed for disposal last year...

VERB: usu passive, be V-ed for n

Collins COBUILD.      Толковый словарь английского языка для изучающих язык Коллинз COBUILD (международная база данных языков Бирмингемского университета) .