stamp : Idioms & Phrases

• verb stamp with a date
  date.
  
  • The package is dated November 24

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• noun a government-issued stamp that can be used in exchange for food
  

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• a small stamp for dating, addressing, or canceling papers, envelopes, etc.

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• noun a small adhesive token stuck on a letter or package to indicate that that postal fees have been paid
  postage; stamp.
  

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• a government stamp required to be put upon articles sent by mail in payment of the postage, esp. an adhesive stamp issued and sold for that purpose.

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• noun a small piece of adhesive paper that is put on an object to show that a government tax has been paid
  stamp.
  

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• noun a stamp (usually made of rubber) for imprinting a mark or design by hand
  handstamp.
  
• noun routine authorization of an action without questions
  

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• noun an act passed by the British Parliament in 1756 that raised revenue from the American Colonies by a duty in the form of a stamp required on all newspapers and legal or commercial documents; opposition by the Colonies resulted in the repeal of the act in 1766
  

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• an act of the British Parliament [1765] imposing a duty on all paper, vellum, and parchment used in the American colonies, and declaring all writings on unstamped materials to be null an void.

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• noun an album for stamps
  

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• noun a series of stamps operated in one mortar for crushing ores
  battery.
  

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• noun the collection and study of postage stamps
  philately; stamp collecting.
  

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• noun a collection of stamps
  
• noun the collection and study of postage stamps
  philately; stamp collecting.
  

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• noun a collector and student of postage stamps
  philatelist.
  

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• an officer who receives or collects stamp duties; one who collects postage or other stamps.

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• noun a dealer in stamps (whose customers are stamp collectors)
  

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• verb to put down by force or authority
  inhibit; subdue; suppress; curb; conquer.
  
  • suppress a nascent uprising
  • stamp down on littering
  • conquer one's desires

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• noun a tax collected by requiring a stamp to be purchased and attached (usually on documents or publications)
  stamp duty.
  

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• a duty, or tax, imposed on paper and parchment used for certain writings, as deeds, conveyances, etc., the evidence of the payment of the duty or tax being a stamp. Eng.

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• a hammer, worked by power, which rises and falls vertically, like a stamp in a stamp mill.

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• a heavy mass of metal, forming the head or lower end of a bar, which is lifted and let fall, in a stamp mill.

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• noun a mill in which ore is crushed with stamps
  stamp mill.
  

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• (Mining), a mill in which ore is crushed with stamps; also, a machine for stamping ore.

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• a stamped certificate from a customhouse officer, which allows goods to be received by the captain of a ship as freight. Eng.

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• an office for the issue of stamps and the reception of stamp duties.

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• verb end or extinguish by forceful means
  kill.
  
  • Stamp out poverty!

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• noun a block of absorbent material saturated with ink; used to transfer ink evenly to a rubber stamp
  inking pad; pad; inkpad.
  

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• noun a tax collected by requiring a stamp to be purchased and attached (usually on documents or publications)
  stamp duty.
  

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• noun a frequently visited place
  resort; hangout; haunt; repair.
  

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• noun a power tool that stamps
  stamper.
  
  • a metal stamper

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• noun a mill in which ore is crushed with stamps
  stamp mill.
  

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• to put an end to by sudden and energetic action; to extinguish; as, to stamp out a rebellion.

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• noun a token resembling a stamp given by a retailer to a buyer; the token is redeemable for articles on a special list
  

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• a carved or engraved block or stamp of wood, for impressing figures or colors on fabrics.

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