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hallmark definition

hall·mark (hôl′märk′)

noun

  1. an official mark stamped on British gold and silver articles, orig. at Goldsmiths' Hall in London, as a guarantee of genuineness
  2. any mark or symbol of genuineness or high quality

transitive verb

to put a hallmark on

Webster's New World College Dictionary Copyright © 2009 by Wiley Publishing, Inc., Cleveland, Ohio.
Used by arrangement with John Wiley & Sons, Inc.

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