label

A 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.”

A 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".”

A company that sells records.

“The label signed the band after hearing a demo tape.”

A user-defined alias for a numerical designation, the reverse of an enumeration.

“Storage devices can be given by label or ID.”

A named place in source code that can be jumped to using a GOTO or equivalent construct.

A charge resembling the strap crossing the horse’s chest from which pendants are hung.

A tassel.

A piece of writing added to something, such as a codicil appended to a will.

A brass rule with sights, formerly used with a circumferentor to take altitudes.

The projecting moulding by the sides, and over the tops, of openings in mediaeval architecture.

In mediaeval art, the representation of a band or scroll containing an inscription.

A non-interactive control or widget displaying text, often used to describe the purpose of another control.

To put a label (a ticket or sign) on (something).

“The shop assistant labeled all the products in the shop.”

(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.”

To replace specific atoms by their isotope in order to track the presence or movement of this isotope through a reaction, metabolic pathway or cell.

To 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