Hallmark

Definition: Hallmark

Hallmark

Noun

1. A distinctive characteristic or attribute.

2. A mark on an article of trade to indicate its origin and authenticity.

Source: WordNet 1.7.1 Copyright © 2001 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
 

Date "hallmark" was first used in popular English literature: sometime before 1895. (references)

Economics

Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

Synonyms: Hallmark

Crosswords: Hallmark

A hickey from Kenickie is like a Hallmark card (Grease; writing credit: Bronte Woodard.)

Let's save our Hallmark moment (Empire Records; writing credit: Carol Heikkinen)

A hickey from Kenickie is like a Hallmark card, when you only care enough to send the very best (Grease; writing credit: Jim Jacobs; Warren Casey)

Soul mates only exist in the Hallmark aisle of Duane Reade Drugs (Sex and the City; writing credit: Mark Leiren-Young)

Hallmark Hall of Fame (1951)

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References

• Hallmark Financial Services, Inc.: International Competitive Benchmarks and Financial Gap Analysis (reference)

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Books

• An American Century of Photography: From Dry-Plate to Digital: The Hallmark Photographic Collection (reference)

• Emotion Marketing: The Hallmark Way of Winning Customers for Life (reference)

• Hallmark Keepsake Ornaments : a collector's guide (reference)

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Periodicals

• Hallmark Society Newsletter (reference)

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Theater & Movies

• Hallmark TV Classics Collection II (Arabian Nights/Jason and the Argonauts/The Lost Empire/Moby Dick/The Odyssey) (reference)

  (more DVD examples; more video examples)

High Tech

• HALLMARK CARD STUDIO DELUXE 200 (reference)

  (more camera examples; more video game examples; more computer examples; more electronic examples; more software examples)

Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

Source: compiled by the editor from various references.

Health

The hallmark feature of autism is impaired social interaction. (references)

This condition is commonly called "heart failure," and it is the hallmark of dilated cardiomyopathy. (references)

The second hallmark of AD consists of abnormal collections of twisted threads found inside nerve cells. (references)

Economic History

Dominican Rep

President Mejia has made anti-corruption efforts a hallmark of his Administration. (references)

Malaysia

U.S. firms in the retail sector include Avon, Toys R Us, Hallmark and Levi's, among others. (references)

Moldova

The elections were widely judged as free and fair by international observers, a hallmark that would come to characterize every other nationwide election in Moldova as well. (references)

Political Economy

Saudi Arabia

Military cooperation during the 1991 Gulf War was extensive and remains a hallmark of the U.S.-Saudi bilateral relationship. (references)

Nigeria

Despite these obstacles, however, the new government has made limited progress in combating the debilitating corruption that was the hallmark of past regimes. (references)

Trade

Spain

Metals: The Spanish Guarantee Bureau provides assay services and affixes its hallmark for all imported precious metals. (references)

Women

Iran

Shortly after the 1979 revolution, the Government repealed the Family Protection Law, a hallmark bill adopted in 1967, that gave women increased rights in the home and workplace, and replaced it with a legal system based largely on Shari'a practices. (references)

Source: compiled by the editor from ICON Group International, Inc.; see credits.

Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

Albanian

vulë në arturina, vulë (band, cachet, die, impression, indent, indentation, Mark, seal, stamp), vë vulë (impress, Mark, ratify, stamp), shenjë dalluese (badge, difference, insignia, logo, trademark). (various references)

Arabic 

‏سمة مميزة (lineament, note), ‏صفة رسمية, ‏دمغ (impress, impression, imprint, stamp, stamping). (various references)

Bulgarian 

критерий (criterion, gauge, measure, metewand, plumb line, standard, test, yardstick), контролен печат, проба (assay, attempt, audition, experiment, proof, sample, taste, tentative, test, trial, try, try on, try out). (various references)

Chinese 

标记 (mark, marked-up, Marks, tag, tagged, Tagging). (various references)

Czech

známka (evidence, grade, note, score, stamp, token, trace, vestige), puncovat, punc (hall mark, plate-mark, punch), charakteristický znak, cejchovat (calibrate). (various references)

Danish

finansielt guld optræder i form af mønter,ingots eller barrer med en finhedsgrad på mindst 995/1 000,som bekræftes ved et stempel og garanticertifikat (financial gold takes the form of coin, ingots and bars with a purity of at least 995/1000, the purity being testified by a hallmark and a smelter's certificate of guarantee). (various references)

Dutch

financieel goud komt voor in de vorm van munten,baren en staven met een goudgehalte van 995/1000 of meer,wat gestaafd wordt door een merkstempel en een garantiecertificaat van de smelter (financial gold takes the form of coin, ingots and bars with a purity of at least 995/1000, the purity being testified by a hallmark and a smelter's certificate of guarantee). (various references)

Farsi 

نشان (Aim, Attribute, Badge, Banner, Brand, Clue, Emblem, Ensign, Impress, Mark, Medal, Memento, Plaque, Presage, Score, Seal, Show, Sign, Signal, Stamp, Standard, Symbol, Symptom, Tally, Target, Token, Trace, Track, Tract), انگ (Brand). (various references)

French

poinçonner, poinçonnage, poinçon, marque (hall mark), garantie. (various references)

German

stempeln (brand, check out, clock, clock in, clock off, clock on, clock out, Frank, postmark, ring in, stamp, stamping), stempel (brand, cachet, die, imprint, Mark, pestle, pistil, piston, plunger, postmark, print, prop, punch, seal, stamp), repunze (plate-mark), punzen (punch, tool), punze (punch), kennzeichen (badges, character, characteristic, criterions, distinguishing mark, feature, flag, label, license plate, mark, marking, markings, number plate, sign, stamp, symptom, tag, to flag), Feingehaltsstempel, beschauzeichen. (various references)

Greek 

σήμα καλήσ ποιότητοσ, στάμπα (print, stamp), γνώρισμα (trait), εγγύηση (assurance, bail, collateral, guarantee, guaranty, recognizance, security, sponsion, sponsorship, sureship, surety, warrant, warranty). (various references)

Hungarian

próba (assay, experiment, pilot, probation, probe, proof, rehearsal, test, trial, try, try on, try out), finomsági próba, fémjelzés (cachet), fémjel. (various references)

Indonesian

tanda (alert, apostrophe, auspice, indication, mark, seal, sign, signal, tally, token). (various references)

Italian

marchio di garanzia su oro e argento, caratteristica (character, characteristic, distinction, feature, peculiarity, property, trait). (various references)

Japanese Kanji 

極印 (seal, stamp die). (various references)

Japanese Katakana 

ごくいん (seal, stamp die). (various references)

Korean 

품질증명. (various references)

Manx

cur cowrey-creck er, cowrey creck. (various references)

Pig Latin

allmarkhay.(various references)

Portuguese

marca (character, guide-mark, impress, impression, imprint, label, mark, marking, mintage, note, pock-mark, rubber stamp, score, seal, spot, stamp, token, trace, trait), cunho (cachet, cleat, impress, imprint, mintage, nature, rubber stamp, saddle, seal, stamp). (various references)

Romanian

marcaj, marcã (badge, make, Mark, purity, sign, stamp). (various references)

Russian 

ставить пробу, холлмарк, отличительный признак (distinguisher, earmark, note), проба металлов (assay), пробирное клеймо (mark of assay, plate-mark). (various references)

Serbo-Croatian

oznaka (badge, denotement, designation, index, label, mark, marking, tally), označiti (connote, denote, designate, label, mark, mark in, signalize, signify, tag, term), žig (brand, cachet, counter-mark, incuse, mark, oil seal, signet, stamp). (various references)

Spanish

sello de calidad (brand, certification mark, quality label, seal of approval), contraste (contradistinction, contrary, contrast, plate-mark). (various references)

Swedish

hallstämpel, silverstämpel, kontrollstämpla, kontrollstämpel (countermark), guldstämpel (mint mark). (various references)

Turkish

nitelik (attribute, attribution, character, characteristic, composition, eligibility, essence, kind, plate-mark, property, qualification, qualitative, quality, stamp), karakterize etmek (characterize, feature, personate, personify, qualify, signalize), kalite işareti (plate-mark), ayar damgası basmak, ayar damgası (assay mark, plate-mark), ayırıcı özellik (accent, criterion, plate-mark), özellikli yapmak, özellik (attribute, attribution, cachet, character, characteristic, feature, hall mark, idiosyncrasy, particular, particularity, peculiarity, plate-mark, point, property, quality, quiddity, singularity, special feature, speciality, specialty, stamp, strain, trait). (various references)

Ukrainian

ставити клеймо, критерій (criterion, metewand, norm, rule, touchstone, yardstick), проба (alloy, analysis, approof, audition, countersign, novitiate, plate-mark, proof, proving, taste, tasting, try out). (various references)

Vietnamese 

dấu hiệu xác nhận tiêu chuẩn sự đảm bảo. (various references)

Derivations

Words beginning with "hallmark": hallmarked, hallmarking, hallmarks. (additional references)

Misspellings

"Hallmark" is suggested in spellcheckers for the following: Allmark, Altmark, Hallvard, Haulmark, Hjalmar. (additional references)

Source: compiled by the editor (additional references); see credits.

Scrabble® Enable2K-Verified Anagrams

-3 letters: alarm, almah, halma, hamal, kalam, karma, kraal, lahar, llama, makar, malar.

-4 letters: alar, alma, amah, arak, haar, hall, halm, hark, harl, harm, lakh, lama, lark, maar, mall, mark, marl.

-5 letters: aah, aal, aha, ala, all, ama, ark, arm, ham, lam, lar, mar, rah, ram.

+1 letter: hallmarks.

+2 letters: hallmarked.

+3 letters: hallmarking.