Meaning

• Noun

  1. A small ticket or sign giving information about something to which it is attached or intended to be attached.
  2. A name given to something or someone to categorise them as part of a particular social group.
  3. A company that sells records.
  4. A user-defined alias for a numerical designation, the reverse of an enumeration.
  5. A named place in source code that can be jumped to using a GOTO or equivalent construct.
  6. A charge resembling the strap crossing the horse’s chest from which pendants are hung.
  7. (obsolete) A tassel.
  8. A small strip, especially of paper or parchment (or of some material attached to parchment to carry the seal), but also of iron, brass, land, etc.
  9. A piece of writing added to something, such as a codicil appended to a will.
  10. A brass rule with sights, formerly used with a circumferentor to take altitudes.
  11. The projecting moulding by the sides, and over the tops, of openings in mediaeval architecture.
  12. In mediaeval and later art, a representation of a band or scroll containing an inscription.
  13. A non-interactive control or widget displaying text, often used to describe the purpose of another control.

• Verb