A mark or deformation of the ear of an animal, intended to indicate ownership. / (US, politics) The designation of specific projects in appropriations of funding for general programs.

(transitive) To mark (sheep or other animals) by slitting the ear. / (transitive, by extension) To specify or set aside for a particular purpose, to allocate.

Third-person singular simple present indicative form of earmark

present participle of earmark

An earmark (identifying mark on the ear of an animal). / An earmark (funding designation).

simple past tense and past participle of earmark

plural of earmarking

A person or machine that earmarks animals.

plural of earmarker

Capable of being earmarked.