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A small ticket or sign giving information about something to which it is attached or intended to be attached.

Example: 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.

Example: Ever since he started going to the rock club, he's been given the label "waster".

A company that sells records.

Example: The label signed the band after hearing a demo tape.

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

Example: Storage devices can be given by label or ID.

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

Example: 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.

Example: 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