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• badge

) an emblem (a small piece of plastic or cloth or metal) that signifies your status (rank or membership or affiliation etc.); "they checked everyone's badge before letting them in" ;

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• badge

) any feature that is regarded as a sign of status (a particular power or quality or rank); "wearing a tie was regarded as a badge of respectability" ;

1. (

• badge

) put a badge on; "The workers here must be badged" ;