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A small ticket or sign giving information about something to which it is attached or intended to be attached.
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Although the label priced this poster at three pounds, I got it for two.
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A name given to something or someone to categorise them as part of a particular social group.
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Ever since he started going to the rock club, he's been given the label "waster".
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A company that sells records.
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The label signed the band after hearing a demo tape.
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A user-defined alias for a numerical designation, the reverse of an enumeration.
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Storage devices can be given by label or ID.
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A named place in source code that can be jumped to using a GOTO or equivalent construct.
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A charge resembling the strap crossing the horse’s chest from which pendants are hung.
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A tassel.
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A piece of writing added to something, such as a codicil appended to a will.
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A brass rule with sights, formerly used with a circumferentor to take altitudes.
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The projecting moulding by the sides, and over the tops, of openings in mediaeval architecture.
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In mediaeval art, the representation of a band or scroll containing an inscription.
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A non-interactive control or widget displaying text, often used to describe the purpose of another control.