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)

An object used to mark a location.

Someone or something that marks.

# One who keeps account of a game played, as of billiards.

# A counter used in card games and other games.

# The soldier who forms the pilot of a wheeling column, or marks the direction of an alignment.

# An attachment to a sewing machine for marking a line on the fabric by creasing it.

* 2013 , Phil McNulty, " Man City 4-1 Man Utd", BBC Sport , 22 September 2013:

Pellegrini insisted this was a game City had to win - this they did and with the sort of performance that put down a marker for how the Chilean wants his team to play.

A felt-tipped pen.

(slang) A signed note of a debt to be paid.

(slang, figuratively) A nonmonetary debt owed to someone, especially in return for a favor.

We may not be able to do this alone. Maybe it’s time to call in some of our markers .

(paintball) A device that fires a paintball

(sports) A defending player who stays close to an opponent in order to mark them.

* {{quote-news

, year=2012 , date=April 21 , author=Jonathan Jurejko , title=Newcastle 3-0 Stoke , work=BBC Sport citation , page= , passage=He skipped past Marc Wilson before clipping a delicious cross into the Stoke danger zone, where Cisse's sharp movement allowed him to escape marker Robert Huth and send a far-post header crashing against the crossbar. And Cabaye was waiting to pounce on the rebound with a close range header.}}

A gene or DNA sequence with a known location on a chromosome that can be used to identify individuals or species.

(In competition law) A recognition given by a competition authority that a company is the first to approach it to reveal the existence of a cartel, as a prelude to a formal application for leniency for the company.