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It's her debut on a major label, and an American one at that, but with Homeschool's philosophy of artist control and good soul music, her affiliation with the label is at the essence of what she's all about.

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  1. noun An item used to identify something or someone, as a small piece of paper or cloth attached to an article to designate its origin, owner, contents, use, or destination.
  2. noun A descriptive term; an epithet.
  3. noun A distinctive name or trademark identifying a product or manufacturer, especially a recording company.
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  • As far as I'm concerned, I get to decide what my label is and it took me a long time to get here, so I'm a lesbian damnit! —  AfterEllen.com - Because visibility matters
  • Bad news for our pal Blake Lewis ... unless you think - as Blake seems to - that getting dropped from your label is a good thing. —  The Seattle Times
  • In addition to using premium fabrics, the label is also known to donate proceeds of its revenue to manufacturers with a sustainable focus (what troopers). —  AskMen.com - HOME PAGE
  • On your label is your expiration date, which shows the last issue of your current subscription.
  • Signed up with the label are the bands c2, Concrete Cookie and the Maggot Farmer, —  Side-Line news feed
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  1. Middle English, ornamental strip of cloth, from Old French, probably of Germanic origin.

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  1. from Middle English label, labell, labelle, lablel, from Old French label, labeau, also, with an inserted liquid or nasal, lambel, lembel, lambeau (Middle Latin reflex labellus, labella, lablellus, lambellus), a rag, tatter, shred, French lambeau, shred, piece, strip, flap, with diminutive suffix, from Old High German lappa, Middle High German lappe, German lappen, a rag, shred, = Anglo-Saxon læppa, lappa, a lap, flap, fold: see lap. Cf. lapel, ult. = label.
  2. from label, n.
  3. from Latin labellum, a little lip: see labellum.
 

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