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label

noun
  1. trade name of a company that produces musical recordings
    “the artists and repertoire department of a recording label is responsible for finding new talent”
    recording label
  2. a brief description given for purposes of identification
    “the label Modern is applied to many different kinds of architecture”
  3. an identifying or descriptive marker that is attached to an object
  4. a radioactive isotope that is used in a compound in order to trace the mechanism of a chemical reaction
verb
  1. distinguish (an element or atom) by using a radioactive isotope or an isotope of unusual mass for tracing through chemical reactions
  2. distinguish (as a compound or molecule) by introducing a labeled atom
  3. pronounce judgment on
    “They labeled them unfit to work here.”
    judgepronounce
  4. assign a label to
    “designate with a label”
  5. attach a tag or label to
    “label these bottles”
    mark