See Also: Label(medicine)
own label(dictionary)
label(2)(dictionary)
label(1)(dictionary)
LABEL(law)
off-label(medicine)
off-label use(medicine)
fluorescent label(medicine)
radio label(medicine)
Private Label(money)

label(2) (iou)



label verb trans. Infl. -ll-, *-l-. E17.
[from the noun.]
Affix a label to, mark with a label. E17.
K. Williams A cleaning fluid..which he'd mistakenly labelled 'Cough Syrup'. C. S. Forester He was labelled at once as the midshipman who was seasick in Spithead.
b. fig. Describe or designate as with a label; categorize. M19.
New Republic The amendment has been labeled a punitive measure.
Biology & Chemistry. Make (a substance, a molecule, or a constituent atom) experimentally recognizable but essentially unaltered in behaviour, so that its path may be followed or its distribution ascertained, esp. by replacing a constituent atom by one of a different isotope, identifiable by its radioactivity or its different mass, or by attaching a (usu. fluorescent) dye to the molecule. Cf. LABEL noun 11. M20.
labeller noun L19.