earmarking
Designating for purpose
Earmarking is designating something for a particular purpose.
Money is earmarked for specific projects; funds earmarked for education can't be spent on roads.
The term comes from the practice of notching animals' ears to identify ownership.
In politics, earmarking often refers to congressional provisions directing money to specific local projects: Critics called it earmarking; supporters called it constituent service.
Allocating funds systematically
- appropriationUnauthorized claiming or allocation
- allotmentDesignated share or portion
- allocationDistribution of shares
- designatingFormally identifying or assigning
reserving · apportionment · partitioning · disbursement · ring-fencing · dedicating · assigning · rationing
Bestow or award money
- subsidyFinancial assistance from government
- endowmentPermanent donated fund
- appropriationUnauthorized claiming or allocation
- budgetPlan for spending
sponsorship · allocation · capital · financing · resources · treasury · contribution · donation
Assigning identifying markers
- taggingAttaching identifying markers
- markingIndicating with symbols
- identifyingDetermining what something is
- flaggingLosing vigor progressively
coding · specifying · denoting · branding · categorizing · classifying · naming · stipulating
Protecting from deterioration
- protectingKeeping from harm
- reservingSetting something aside beforehand
- sequesteringRemoving from general access
- withholdingKeeping from another
safeguarding · conserving · retaining · ring-fencing · quarantining · sheltering · shielding · dedicating
budgeting
Allocating funds systematically
- appropriationUnauthorized claiming or allocation
- allotmentDesignated share or portion
- allocationDistribution of shares
designating · reserving · apportionment · partitioning · disbursement · ring-fencing · dedicating · assigning · rationing · distributing
grant
Bestow or award money
- subsidyFinancial assistance from government
- endowmentPermanent donated fund
- appropriationUnauthorized claiming or allocation
budget · sponsorship · allocation · capital · financing · resources · treasury · contribution · donation · stipend
labeling
Assigning identifying markers
- taggingAttaching identifying markers
- markingIndicating with symbols
- identifyingDetermining what something is
flagging · coding · specifying · denoting · branding · categorizing · classifying · naming · stipulating · noting
preserving
Protecting from deterioration
- protectingKeeping from harm
- reservingSetting something aside beforehand
- sequesteringRemoving from general access
withholding · safeguarding · conserving · retaining · ring-fencing · quarantining · sheltering · shielding · dedicating
notching
Cutting small grooves
marking · identification · ownership · cattle · sheep · ranching · husbandry · registry · tracking
- reservingbooking, holding, scheduling, setting aside, locking in
- assigningassigning, allocating, appointing, attributing, crediting
- business proceduresrecording, processing, documenting, approving, verifying
- livestock workherding dogs, cattle drives, shepherding, penning, gathering
- public financepublic debt, budget deficit, tax revenue, budgets, expenditure
- pork barrelpork barrel, bridge to nowhere, pet project, pet projects, logrolling
earmarkingpooling
Merging shared contributions
generalizing · freeing up · releasing · commingling · consolidating
earmarkingspending
Outlaying of funds
squandering · using · expending · consuming · depleting
earmarkingwasting
Using poorly, inefficiently
squandering · frittering away · misallocating · blowing · dissipating