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marker (iou)



marker noun. LME.
[from MARK verb + -ER1.]
a. A person who marks boundaries. rare. LME.
b. A person who marks game. rare. L15.
c. A person who records the score in a game (esp. billiards or squash), or at target practice; a scorer. Also, a scoreboard or card etc. to record a score. M16.
d. A person who puts a mark, stamp, etc., on something. M16.
e. Military. A person placed as a formation mark in military evolutions. L18.
f. Sport. A player whose function is to mark or guard a player of the opposing team. L20.
An implement, tool, or device for making a mark or marks. E18.
b. spec. More fully marker pen. A broad-tipped felt pen used esp. for highlighting or for marking indelibly. M20.
Magic Marker: see MAGIC adjective.
a. A bookmark. M19.
M. R. Mitford I had no marker, and the richly bound volume closed.
b. An object acting as a guide to direction or indicating a route, boundary, etc.; spec. a flare dropped from an aircraft to illuminate or mark a target. M19.
C. Bonington Marker flags are essential..to ensure that sherpas follow the selected route safely. J. Archer As they approach the six-furlong markerRosalie and Crown Princess come up on the stand side.
c. A distinctive feature, characteristic, etc., esp. one aiding recognition. E20.
Gainesville Daily Sun We added a number of plants that were very good markers of wetlands.
d. A monument, memorial stone, etc., marking a place of special interest. E20.
Something worthy to be compared. Usu. in neg. contexts. slang. L19.
W. Hunt The early days of Montana were not a marker to what I have gone through.
A promissory note; an IOU. US slang. L19.
Genetics. An allele used to identify a chromosome or to locate other genes on a genetic map. M20.
Linguistics. A word, affix, etc., which distinguishes or determines the class or function of the form, construction, etc., with which it is used. M20.
Comb.: marker crude a grade of (usu. light) crude oil whose price, fixed by agreement between oil producers, is used as a guideline for other oil prices; marker pen: see sense 2b above.