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Definition of earmark. 1  1 : a mark of identification on the ear of an animal. 2  2 : a distinguishing mark all the earmarks of poverty. 3  3 : a provision in Congressional legislation that allocates a specified amount of money for a specific project, program, or organization.
What, exactly, is a congressional earmark? No one can agree on the precise definition. In general, the word earmark refers to any element of a spending bill that allocates money for a very specific thingâa given project, say, or location, or institution. For example, if Congress passed a budget that gave a certain amount of money to the National Park Service as a whole, no one would consider it an earmark.