lettermark
Word Rarity
Very rare
Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English
16
Scrabble Score
10
Letters
3
Syllables
7
Unique Chars
Meaning
noun
A text-only logo consisting of the initials of a brand name or business.
noun
The designation of funds from the federal budget for a particular project created in response to a letter from a member of congress to an official in the executive branch who is responsible for authorizing appropriations.
American usage
verb
To obtain a lettermark on funds from the federal budget by sending a letter (from a member of Congress) to the appropriate official in the executive branch who is responsible for authorizing appropriations.
American usage
Example Sentences
- "Part I documents the rise of lettermarking and explains how lettermarks damage American democracy."
- "Appropriations bills sometimes include funds for projects not requested by the executive branch. This allow members of Congress to 'lettermark' these funds by unofficially contacting executive officials directly and requesting that the funds are directed to their state or district."
- "We send young men "to College," hale and hearty, and the College sends them back duly stamped, — " letter-marked," i.e. invalids."
- "My Perigordin patois very pleasantly calls these pretenders to learning, lettre-ferits, as a man should say, lettermarked—men on whom letters have been stamped by the blow of a mallet."
- "When the ship arrived at its destination, a local craftsman could assemble a vessel, orienting on the lettermarking."
Etymology
Usage
- American usage