What's the difference between earmark and earmarking?

Earmark


Definition:

  • (n.) A mark on the ear of sheep, oxen, dogs, etc., as by cropping or slitting.
  • (n.) A mark for identification; a distinguishing mark.
  • (v. t.) To mark, as sheep, by cropping or slitting the ear.

Example Sentences:

  • (1) The Treasury has also earmarked £3bn in "underspends" by departments that have cut more rapidly than planned, to be put to use.
  • (2) Although both conditions are uncommon, an awareness of these horns as specific earmarks of each is important, since early diagnosis may allow preventive intervention for their serious potential complications later in life.
  • (3) "The Sizewell B nuclear plant has been built on the Suffolk coast, a site that has been earmarked for the construction of several more nuclear plants.
  • (4) Climate scientists at the CSIRO who are earmarked for redundancy will learn their fate this week.
  • (5) Money earmarked for mental health diverted to balance NHS books Read more By campaigning for people to help each other by talking more, the royals hope to avoid a more politicised issue: claims that funding for NHS mental health services is being effectively cut.
  • (6) ITV has earmarked £7m to spend in developing the online operation this year.
  • (7) Darling said last week that the government had earmarked £11bn of efficiency savings, but that it did not plan to start cutting back until 2011-12 – when the UK economy should be in more robust shape.
  • (8) A centralized fund has been created by the Soviet Health Ministry, earmarked for concrete scientific projects instead of blanket financing of medical institutions, who, in addition, by 1989 will start being financially self-supporting.
  • (9) But in November, the pub on Hackney Road announced its closure: the site was earmarked for high-end property development.
  • (10) But it will not stop the trade, because the money which has been earmarked for the area by the government never reaches those who need it.
  • (11) However, only a very small number of these associations can be earmarked as reliable using statistical criteria, due to the limited size of the database.
  • (12) Residents of a West Bank settlement earmarked for demolitions by the Israeli supreme court clashed with police and soldiers attempting to evict them today.
  • (13) In 1949 it was estimated that around 2 million homes were unfit for human habitation, too expensive to repair and earmarked for demolition.
  • (14) Santorum insisted on Friday that earmarks were not themselves the problem, only their abuse.
  • (15) Crozier has made much of the need to revitalise the operation, pointing out that the division has not created a global entertainment hit since Dancing on Ice in 2006, and has bought in new talent and earmarked £12m to boost pilot projects.
  • (16) The government has also earmarked $328m extra to provide targeted support for disadvantaged or vulnerable families accessing childcare.
  • (17) Indeed, UK Sport, now the subject of so much ministerial genuflection, was among the agencies earmarked for Francis Maude's "bonfire of the quangos" less than two years ago.
  • (18) Abcul is now working with the government, which last year earmarked up to £38m to expand credit unions and modernise the 400 UK unions currently in existence.
  • (19) Writing on his BBC blog , Davie said there were "no plans" to rebrand the station, which has been earmarked for closure in a review ordered by the BBC Trust.
  • (20) About $1.2bn earmarked for those jurisdictions was removed from the federal budget in the pre-election economic and fiscal outlook as a result of stalled negotiations – a figure Pyne and Abbott sought to make a virtue of restoring this week .

Earmarking


Definition:

  • (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Earmark

Example Sentences:

  • (1) The Treasury has also earmarked £3bn in "underspends" by departments that have cut more rapidly than planned, to be put to use.
  • (2) Although both conditions are uncommon, an awareness of these horns as specific earmarks of each is important, since early diagnosis may allow preventive intervention for their serious potential complications later in life.
  • (3) "The Sizewell B nuclear plant has been built on the Suffolk coast, a site that has been earmarked for the construction of several more nuclear plants.
  • (4) Climate scientists at the CSIRO who are earmarked for redundancy will learn their fate this week.
  • (5) Money earmarked for mental health diverted to balance NHS books Read more By campaigning for people to help each other by talking more, the royals hope to avoid a more politicised issue: claims that funding for NHS mental health services is being effectively cut.
  • (6) ITV has earmarked £7m to spend in developing the online operation this year.
  • (7) Darling said last week that the government had earmarked £11bn of efficiency savings, but that it did not plan to start cutting back until 2011-12 – when the UK economy should be in more robust shape.
  • (8) A centralized fund has been created by the Soviet Health Ministry, earmarked for concrete scientific projects instead of blanket financing of medical institutions, who, in addition, by 1989 will start being financially self-supporting.
  • (9) But in November, the pub on Hackney Road announced its closure: the site was earmarked for high-end property development.
  • (10) But it will not stop the trade, because the money which has been earmarked for the area by the government never reaches those who need it.
  • (11) However, only a very small number of these associations can be earmarked as reliable using statistical criteria, due to the limited size of the database.
  • (12) Residents of a West Bank settlement earmarked for demolitions by the Israeli supreme court clashed with police and soldiers attempting to evict them today.
  • (13) In 1949 it was estimated that around 2 million homes were unfit for human habitation, too expensive to repair and earmarked for demolition.
  • (14) Santorum insisted on Friday that earmarks were not themselves the problem, only their abuse.
  • (15) Crozier has made much of the need to revitalise the operation, pointing out that the division has not created a global entertainment hit since Dancing on Ice in 2006, and has bought in new talent and earmarked £12m to boost pilot projects.
  • (16) The government has also earmarked $328m extra to provide targeted support for disadvantaged or vulnerable families accessing childcare.
  • (17) Indeed, UK Sport, now the subject of so much ministerial genuflection, was among the agencies earmarked for Francis Maude's "bonfire of the quangos" less than two years ago.
  • (18) Abcul is now working with the government, which last year earmarked up to £38m to expand credit unions and modernise the 400 UK unions currently in existence.
  • (19) Writing on his BBC blog , Davie said there were "no plans" to rebrand the station, which has been earmarked for closure in a review ordered by the BBC Trust.
  • (20) About $1.2bn earmarked for those jurisdictions was removed from the federal budget in the pre-election economic and fiscal outlook as a result of stalled negotiations – a figure Pyne and Abbott sought to make a virtue of restoring this week .

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