marker
/ˈmɑː(ɹ)kə(ɹ)/ noun B1- A felt-tipped pen, a marker pen. · Don't use the permanent marker on the whiteboard.
- A scorekeeper, especially one who tallies billiard scores.
- A device that fires a paintball.
- Someone or something used to mark a position or amount, particularly
- A real or virtual objective, something to be aimed for.
- A location on a stage or set where an actor is to stand or move to during a scene, usually indicated by a small X design placed on the floor.
- A direction issued by a camera operator for actors to be on their locations in readiness for a take.
- Synonym of IOU, an informal record of a debt.
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From the library
Fearing, however, to make use of any valuable piece of paper, I hesitated for a moment, then recollected that I had seen in the famous breviary, which was on the table beside me, an old paper quite yellow with age, and which had served as a marker for centuries, kept there by the request of the heirs.
While vocabulary variations are frequently discussed, the divergence in spelling remains one of the most distinctive markers of the two dialects.
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