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to stamp

to stamp

33 1.0
To put a postage stamp on an envelope or package
  • verb
  • /stæmp/
translation icon : franquear
  • He carefully stamped the letter and placed it in the mailbox.
  • stamp an envelope
  • addressed and stamped
  • a stamped return envelope

Now letters just get stamped and now you can flourish them.

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Examples

  • Before you send your application, remember to stamp your envelope with correct postage.

  • Please stamp the envelope before mailing it to ensure it is delivered.

  • I can send mail and stamp it at midnight if I need to because it's always available.

  • Well, if it's not stamped, it's not delivered.

  • Obviously, she never sent it or even stamped it.

  • Each book has a card and a due date and is stamped when it's borrowed or returned.

    Fiction book (1997)
  • Each student also received a self-addressed, stamped envelope for returning the survey.

    Academic text (1997)
  • Instrument packets included a cover letter and a stamped, self-addressed return envelope.

    Academic text (1995)
  • For mailed surveys, each swimmer was given a self-addressed stamped envelope with which to return the inventory.

    Academic text (1996)

Synonyms

to meter
vsto stamp
  • US
1 7.9

To stamp mail with a machine mark showing the postage paid

attaches a small adhesive label rather than printing an imprint
to prestamp
vsto stamp
7.2

To put a stamp or official mark on something before it is sent

attaches postage when sending rather than before use
to frank
vsto stamp
  • Formal
8.9

To stamp letters to show postage is paid

attaches postage physically rather than marking for exemption

Antonyms

1.5

To move something or someone away from a place

Phrasal Verbs

13 4.2

To stop something completely using strong action

to rubber stamp
  • Informal
8 4.4

To approve something without real discussion

Mark something with the date to show when it was received or processed

To give something your own style

Stop something by using force or strict rules

Compounds

food stamp
  • Archaic
153 2.5

A government card or paper that people with little money use to buy food at certain stores

12 1.0

A small printed sticker you put on a letter to show you paid to send it

An official sign that shows someone agrees with something

A group of postage stamps that someone collects as a hobby

rubber stamp
  • Informal
4 5.0

A person or group that approves decisions without real thought

tramp stamp
  • Offensive
2 8.6

A tattoo on the lower back that many people find suggestive

A hobby in which people keep and study postage stamps and related items

1 3.5

A hand tool with a rubber surface that makes a mark when pressed on an ink pad

A person who collects stamps as a hobby or to study them

1 7.8

A law that puts a paid official stamp on newspapers and legal papers in the American colonies which causes protests

trading stamp
  • Archaic
1 5.4

A small paper token shops give customers to collect and exchange for goods

1 4.8

A tax you pay on certain legal papers, for example when buying a house

1 7.2

A payment you make by buying an official stamp and putting it on certain documents

revenue stamp
  • Archaic
5.6

A small piece of sticky paper that shows a government tax is paid

A book with pages for keeping and showing postage stamps

stamp battery
  • Archaic
9.9

A machine with heavy metal weights that fall to crush rock to get gold

A person or shop that buys and sells stamps for collectors

stamp mill
  • Archaic
9.3

A machine that crushes rock to get metal from it

2.5

A small pad soaked with ink that you press a rubber block on to mark paper

A small old paper used to pay for sending letters and often kept by collectors

How Posted

to meter
  • US
1 7.9
to frank
  • Formal
8.9
to stamp
33 1.0

Surface Forms

stamp infinitive
stamped past
stamped past participle
stamping present participle
stamps third person singular

Etymology

To stamp a letter is to put a stamp (proof of payment) on it; the verb comes from the same idea of marking or fixing a sign that shows the fee has been paid.