assay-mark

1. 1.

   a mark on an article of trade to indicate its origin and authenticity

   Synonymsauthenticationhallmark

   Broadermarker

Questions about assay-mark

What does assay-mark mean?

assay-mark means "a mark on an article of trade to indicate its origin and authenticity".

How many syllables are in assay-mark?

assay-mark has 3 syllables: as-say--mark. The stress falls on "as".

What is another word for assay-mark?

Close synonyms include authentication, hallmark. Each sense on this page lists its own synonyms, because a word with several meanings rarely has one substitute that works for all of them.

Is assay-mark a common word?

assay-mark is banded "Rare" — specialist or archaic — most readers will not have met it. The band comes from how often the word appears in a large corpus of everyday English, not from an editor's impression.