lettermarked

Verb

lettermark (third-person singular simple present lettermarks, present participle lettermarking, simple past and past participle lettermarked)

1. (US) 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.
   • 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.2022, Sarra Jenkins, Emma Kilheeney McSherry, US Politics Annual Update 2022
2. To mark (something) with one or more letters of the alphabet to indicate its brand or category.
   • We send young men "to College," hale and hearty, and the College sends them back duly stamped, — " letter-marked," i.e. invalids.1871 July, Rev. C. E. Weiser, “The Fourfold Culture of Man”, in Mercersburg Quarterly Review, volume 18, page 347

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