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1.nounA small ticket or sign giving information about something to which it is attached or intended to be attached."Although the label priced this poster at three pounds, I got it for two."
2.nounA name given to something or someone to categorise them as part of a particular social group."Ever since he started going to the rock club, he's been given the label "waster"."
3.nounA company that sells records."The label signed the band after hearing a demo tape."
4.nounA user-defined alias for a numerical designation, the reverse of an enumeration."Storage devices can be given by label or ID."
5.nounA named place in source code that can be jumped to using a GOTO or equivalent construct.
6.nounA charge resembling the strap crossing the horse’s chest from which pendants are hung.
7.nounA tassel.
8.nounA piece of writing added to something, such as a codicil appended to a will.
9.nounA brass rule with sights, formerly used with a circumferentor to take altitudes.
10.nounThe projecting moulding by the sides, and over the tops, of openings in mediaeval architecture.
11.nounIn mediaeval art, the representation of a band or scroll containing an inscription.
12.nounA non-interactive control or widget displaying text, often used to describe the purpose of another control.
13.verbTo put a label (a ticket or sign) on (something)."The shop assistant labeled all the products in the shop."
14.verb(ditransitive) To give a label to (someone or something) in order to categorise that person or thing."He's been unfairly labeled as a cheat, although he's only ever cheated once."
15.verbTo replace specific atoms by their isotope in order to track the presence or movement of this isotope through a reaction, metabolic pathway or cell.
16.verbTo add a detectable substance, either transiently or permanently, to a biological substance in order to track the presence of the label-substance combination either in situ or in vitro