to rubberstamp
- verb
- /ˈrʌbərˌstæmp/
- Formal
- The manager must rubberstamp each invoice before payment is processed.
Examples
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She spent the morning rubberstamping attendance forms for her supervisor.
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Please rubberstamp this document for me!
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Every proposal was rubberstamped without any real discussion.
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The manager will rubberstamp the contract tomorrow.
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The official will rubberstamp the new regulations to ensure they become law.
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Before submitting the budget proposal, the accountant rubberstamped all the necessary approvals.
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She quickly rubberstamped the approvals so that the project could move forward.
Synonyms
To give official approval, usually by writing your name on a document
To approve something without real discussion
Press a small tool onto paper or a ticket to make an official mark
To approve a document, usually by signing or stamping it
To officially approve a product for legal or technical use
To give official permission to a plan or document by an authority
Antonyms
How Official
Surface Forms
Morphology
Etymology
Rubberstamp comes from a small tool with a piece of rubber that you press to leave a stamp on paper. So to rubberstamp a document is to mark it with that stamp as a sign of official approval or confirmation.