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lettermarking

lettermarking is the present participle and gerund of lettermark.

Meaning of lettermark

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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Noun

lettermarking (uncountable)

  1. (dated) A system of grading student's work using letters (e.g. A, B, C, D, F), as opposed to another system such as "pass/fail" or numerical grades.
    • In the case of high schools which use a lettermarking system, the letters were transmuted into numbers by means of keys showing equivalent marks .1927, The journal of educational research - Volume 16, page 342
    • In reality this kind of lettermarking system is closely related to its predecessors in having a value range which imitates an employer's wage scale for his workers.1939, William French Bruce, Principles of Democratic Education, page 62

Questions about lettermarking

What does lettermarking mean?
Lettermarking means a system of grading student's work using letters (e.g. A, B, C, D, F), as opposed to another system such as "pass/fail" or numerical grades.
What is lettermarking the present participle and gerund of?
Lettermarking is the present participle and gerund of lettermark.
What part of speech is lettermarking?
Lettermarking is a noun.

Words near lettermarking in the dictionary

  1. letterman-jacketed
  2. Lettermanesque
  3. Lettermans
  4. lettermark
  5. lettermarked
  6. lettermarking
  7. lettermarks
  8. lettermen
  9. lettern
  10. letterns
  11. letterplace

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