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What (who) is HALLMARKS - definition
OFFICIAL STAMP AFFIXED BY GUILDS OR ASSAY OFFICES TO GOLD AND SILVER OBJECTS
Hall-Mark; Hallmarks; Hall mark; Hall-mark; Hallmarked; Halmarked; Assay mark; Hall Mark
![The French hallmarks 1838–1919 not official](https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Nieoficjalna francuska próba złota " głowa konia "stosowana w oznaczeniu 18k złota.jpg?width=200 "The French hallmarks 1838–1919 not official")
![A set of hallmarks on an English silver spoon. From left to right, the maker's mark of [[George Unite]], the date letter (1889), the [[Birmingham Assay Office]] mark, the lion passant and the monarch's head tax-mark](https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Silver Spoon, Birmingham (edit, maker's marks).jpg?width=200 "A set of hallmarks on an English silver spoon. From left to right, the maker's mark of [[George Unite]], the date letter (1889), the [[Birmingham Assay Office]] mark, the lion passant and the monarch's head tax-mark")
hallmark
(hallmarks)
1.
The hallmark of something or someone is their most typical quality or feature.
It's a technique that has become the hallmark of Amber Films...
N-COUNT: usu with poss
2.
A hallmark is an official mark put on things made of gold, silver, or platinum that indicates the quality of the metal, where the object was made, and who made it.
N-COUNT
Hallmark
A hallmark is an official mark or series of marks struck on items made of metal, mostly to certify the content of noble metals—such as platinum, gold, silver and in some nations, palladium. In a more general sense, the term hallmark can also be used to refer to any distinguishing mark.
hallmark
¦ noun
1. a mark stamped on articles of gold, silver, or platinum by the British assay offices, certifying purity.
2. a distinctive feature, especially of excellence.
¦ verb
1. stamp with a hallmark.
2. designate as distinctive.
Origin
C18: from Goldsmiths' Hall in London, where articles were tested and stamped.
Wikipedia
Hallmark
A hallmark is an official mark or series of marks struck on items made of metal, mostly to certify the content of noble metals—such as platinum, gold, silver and in some nations, palladium. In a more general sense, the term hallmark can also be used to refer to any distinguishing mark.
BIS Hallmark
The BIS (Bureau of Indian Standards) Hallmark is a hallmarking system for gold as well as silver jewellery sold in India certifying the purity of the metal. It certifies that the piece of jewellery conforms to a set of standards laid by the Bureau of Indian Standards, the national standards organization of India.
Examples of use of HALLMARKS
1. Instead, it bore all the hallmarks of a political election.
2. "This has all the hallmarks of a headline–grabbing initiative.
3. Humour and lively debate are the hallmarks of Top Gear."
4. It has all the hallmarks of being a dubious outfit.
5. They are hallmarks of a tough yet modest generation.