earmark money
Frequency: 6.88.2 per million words
to set aside money for a particular purpose
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- The government plans to earmark money for infrastructure projects next year.
- The board earmarked money from the annual profits for research and development.
- A large sum of money was earmarked by the foundation specifically for children's education.
- I have earmarked this money for my daughter's college fund.
- If we receive the grant, we will earmark that money for community outreach programs.
- Earmarking money for emergencies is a crucial part of financial planning.
- The legislation explicitly earmarks money for environmental conservation efforts.
- Did the committee earmark enough money to cover all the renovation costs?
- They failed to earmark any money for the arts program, which led to its cancellation.
- The city's main goal is to earmark more money for public transportation improvements.