label

a ticket or sign fixed onto goods, naming what they are, who made them and what they cost

A small strip, especially of paper or parchment (or of some material attached to parchment to carry the seal), but also of iron, brass, land, etc.

A company that sells records.

A name given to something or someone to categorise them as part of a particular social group.

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

(no longer used) A tassel.

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

To give (a label) to (someone or something) in order to categorise that person or thing.

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