stamp
240
1.0
- noun
- /stæmp/
:
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- We have a handful of witnesses of Edith buying this stamp, sir.
- postage stamps
- stamps issued
- designs on stamps
Examples
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That's welfare or food stamps or a housing subsidy.
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As Hayward pays the station attendant, Bernzy takes the stamps and examines them.
Fiction book (1992) -
And that red stamp on your hand gives you access to the box seat section.
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This is a federal tax stamp.
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And your face will be on a postage stamp.
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When Lee and I got our coffee and Danish, I bought a stamp and mailed the letter.
Fiction book (1993) -
A small chain-link fence demarcated a postage-stamp-sized lawn that contained two pink flamingo statues.
Fiction book (1992) -
The letter was sent with a colorful stamp to pay for postage.
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She found an old stamp in her collection from a historic event.
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He affixed the stamp to the envelope before mailing it.
Synonyms
15
2.3
A small paper stamp you put on a letter to show you paid to send it
12
1.0
A small printed sticker you put on a letter to show you paid to send it
Compounds
- Archaic
153
2.5
A government card or paper that people with little money use to buy food at certain stores
1
7.8
A law that puts a paid official stamp on newspapers and legal papers in the American colonies which causes protests
- Archaic
1
5.4
A small paper token shops give customers to collect and exchange for goods
- UK
1
7.2
A payment you make by buying an official stamp and putting it on certain documents
A small old paper used to pay for sending letters and often kept by collectors
Surface Forms
Etymology
Stamp comes from an old German word meaning 'to press' or 'to mark', and it was used forMarks put on papers to show a fee was paid. So the small piece of paper that proves postage or a tax was paid became known as a stamp.