label

Meanings

1. 1
   noun

   trade name of a company that produces musical recordings

   the artists and repertoire department of a recording label is responsible for finding new talent

2. 2
   noun

   a brief description given for purposes of identification

   the label Modern is applied to many different kinds of architecture

3. 3
   verb

   pronounce judgment on

   They labeled them unfit to work here.

4. 4
   verb

   assign a label to

   designate with a label

5. 5
   verb

   attach a tag or label to

   label these bottles

6. 6
   noun

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

   We laughed at her because the label was still on her new sweater.

7. 7
   noun

   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".

8. 8
   noun

   A company that sells records.

   The label signed the band after hearing a demo tape.

Etymology

From Middle English label (“narrow band, strip of cloth”), from Old French label, lambel (Modern French lambeau), from Frankish *lappā (“torn piece of cloth”), from Proto-Germanic *lappǭ, *lappô (“cloth stuff, rag, scraps, flap, dewlap, lobe, rabbit ear”), from Proto-Indo-European *leb- (“blade”). Cognate with Old High German lappa (“rag, piece of cloth”), Old English læppa (“skirt, flap of a garment”). More at lap.