Noun

(en noun)

A prefix (honorific) or suffix (post-nominal) added to a person's name to signify either veneration, official position or a professional or academic qualification. See also

* (William Shakespeare) (1564-1616)

With his former title greet Macbeth.

*{{quote-book, year=1922, author=(Ben Travers), title=(A Cuckoo in the Nest)

, chapter=1 citation , passage=He read the letter aloud. Sophia listened with the studied air of one for whom, even in these days, a title possessed some surreptitious allurement.}}

(legal) Legal right to ownership of a property; a deed or other certificate proving this.

In canon law, that by which a beneficiary holds a benefice.

A church to which a priest was ordained, and where he was to reside.

The name of a book, film, musical piece, painting, or other work of art.

A publication.

A section or division of a subject, as of a law or a book.

(mostly, in the plural) A written title, credit, or caption shown with a film, video, or performance.

(bookbinding) The panel for the name, between the bands of the back of a book.

The subject of a writing; a short phrase that summarizes the entire topic.

A division of an act of Congress or Parliament.

(sports) The recognition given to the winner of a championship in sports.

* {{quote-news, year=2012, date=May 13, author=Phil McNulty, work=BBC Sport

, title= Man City 3-2 QPR , passage=With some City fans already leaving the stadium in tears, Edin Dzeko equalised in the second of five minutes of stoppage time before Sergio Aguero scored the goal that won the title .}}

* 1997 , David Kenneth Wiggins, Glory Bound: Black Athletes in a White America

Equally disadvantageous to Jackson was the fact that other than the Jacksonville Athletic Club and the National Sporting Club, virtually no organization was willing to sponsor a title fight between a black fighter and a white one.

Noun

(en 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.

The label says this silk scarf should not be washed in the washing machine.

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.

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

A company that sells records.

The label signed the band after hearing a demo tape.

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

Storage devices can be given by label or ID.

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

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

(obsolete) A tassel.

(Huloet)

(Fuller)

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

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

(Knight)

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

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

(Fairholt)