Meaning of stamp in English

stamp
noun
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/stæmp/ us
/stæmp/

stamp noun (LETTER)

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A2 [ C ]
(formal postage stamp)
a small piece of paper with a picture or pattern on it that is stuck onto a letter or package before it is posted, to show that the cost of sending it has been paid:
I stuck a 50p stamp on the envelope.
 
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stamp noun (MARK)

[ C ]
a tool for putting a mark on an object either by printing on it or pushing into it, or the mark made in this way:
A date stamp inside the front cover of a library book shows when it should be returned.
 
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stamp noun (PROOF OF PAYMENT)

[ C ] UK
a small piece of paper worth a particular amount of money that you can buy several of, as a way of paying for something over a period of time:
vehicle licence stamps
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stamp noun (QUALITY)

[ U ]
a particular quality in something or someone, or a quality in something that shows it was done by a particular person or group of people:
Although this painting clearly bears the stamp of genius, we don't know who painted it.
Each manager has left his or her own stamp on the way the company has evolved.
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stamp noun (FOOT)

[ C ]
an act of putting the foot down on the ground hard, or the noise made in doing so:
With a stamp of her foot she stormed out.
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stamp
verb
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stamp verb (MARK)

B2 [ T ]
to put a mark on an object either by printing on it or pushing into it with a small tool:
It is necessary to stamp your passport.
Every carton of yogurt is stamped with a sell-by date.
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stamp verb (MOVE FOOT)

C2 [ I or T ]
(US also stomp)
to put a foot down on the ground hard and quickly, making a loud noise, often to show anger:
The little boy was stamping his foot and refusing to take his medicine.
She stood by the road, stamping her feet to stay warm.
I wish those people upstairs would stop stamping (about/around).
Why did you stamp on that insect?
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stamp verb (SHOW QUALITY)

[ T ]
to mark with a particular quality or show that someone has a particular quality:
Our new administrator seems to be trying to stamp her authority on every aspect of the department.
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Idiom

stamped on someone's memory

Phrasal verbs

stamp on something
stamp something out
(Definition of stamp from the Cambridge Advanced Learner's Dictionary & Thesaurus © Cambridge University Press)

stamp | American Dictionary

stamp
verb [ I/T ]
us
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to hit the floor or ground hard with a foot, usually making a loud noise:
[ T ] She stood by the road, stamping her feet to stay warm.
[ I ] I wish those people upstairs would stop stamping around.
stamp
noun [ C ]
us
/stæmp, stɑmp/
the act of hitting the floor or ground hard with a foot:
With a stamp of her foot she hurried out.
stamp
noun
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/stæmp/

stamp noun (MAIL)

[ C ]
(also postage stamp)
a small piece of paper, usually with a colorful design, that is attached to a package or envelope to show that the charge for sending it through the mail has been paid:
The new stamps depict blues singers.

stamp noun (MARK)

[ C ]
a tool for printing or cutting a mark into an object, or the mark made by such a tool:
The guard examined the permit, then reached for his rubber stamp.
The stamp on the rim shows that Paul Revere made this mug.

stamp noun (QUALITY)

[ U ]
a particular quality or character:
This painting clearly bears the stamp of genius.
stamp
verb [ T ]
us
/stæmp/

stamp verb [T] (MARK)

to use a special tool to print or cut a mark into an object:
An immigration official stamped his passport.
fig. That scene will be stamped in my memory forever.

Phrasal verb

stamp something out
(Definition of stamp from the Cambridge Academic Content Dictionary © Cambridge University Press)

stamp | Business English

stamp
noun [ C ]
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(also formal postage stamp)
a small piece of paper with a picture or pattern on it, that you stick onto a letter or package to pay for the cost of mailing it:
first-class/second-class stamp
a tool used to put a date, an address, or other mark on a document or an object, usually as proof of something:
The assistant uses a stamp to sign his boss's name.
an official mark put on something that shows a date, an address, or other information:
Look for the official USDA stamp before you buy.
 stamp of approval
approval from someone in a position of authority:
The Board will meet Thursday to discuss the contract and is likely to give its stamp of approval Friday.
The foreign-made goods still have not earned the government's stamp of approval.

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date stamp noun
food stamp
revenue stamp
rubber stamp
stamp
verb [ T ]
  COMMUNICATIONS
uk
/stæmp/ us
to use a tool to put a date, an address, or other mark on a document or an object, usually as proof of something:
EU citizens don't need to get their passports stamped when travelling within Europe.
stamp sth on sth All supermarket food packaging has a sell-by date stamped on it.
stamp sth with sth The invoice was stamped with the date that payment had been received.

See also

rubber-stamp
(Definition of stamp from the Cambridge Business English Dictionary © Cambridge University Press)

Examples of stamp

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Eventually printed replicas of stamps became acceptable to both sides.
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If such an interpretation were accepted, such stamps can be viewed as more than decoration as they become symbols conveying information about family.
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He was the local tax assessor and collector and sub-distributor of stamps.
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They held an official chop, and stamped it on legal documents as proof that they had reviewed them and made fair copies of them.
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The quantity relative for second-class stamps is 140.0, indicating an increase in numbers bought of 40%.
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Providing cash (rather than benefits in kind, food stamps or vouchers) is more cost-effective and flexible, and avoids the creation of distorting secondary markets.
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Instead, we impose some additional structure that allows us to allocate version stamps under a totally ordered scheme.
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Layered on top of segmentation are the topic stamps themselves, in their relational contexts, at a phrasal level of granularity.
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The expenditure cap was eliminated and food stamps returned to full entitlement status in the 1990 reauthorization act.
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Shearing can be per formed after stamping, for example, trimming the edges of a stamped component.
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Functor signatures are identified modulo renaming of bound stamps.
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Participants were promised a summary of the results and stamps to cover postage.
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Like these, stamps showed the emblem of the lion and the sun and/or the portrait of the reigning monarch.
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How strange it is for books to inculcate one set of ideas, while experience of the world stamps them with all the flagrancy of falsehood.
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The state remained ' at war ', stamping out nationalist politics and fighting urban expansion and rural evasions.
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Collocations with stamp

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commemorative stamp
Last year, world commemorative stamp issues totalled 4,675 and in this country only eight.
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first-class stamp
That is less than the cost of a first-class stamp, but the amount has been set at that level for 30 years.
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official stamp
Is it not unfortunate that they should be permitted to carry what appears to be an official stamp of approval?
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信函, 郵票, 標記…
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切手, スタンプ, ～をスタンプで押す…
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pul, posta pulu, damga…
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timbre [masculine], tampon [masculine], cachet [masculine]…
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segell, mata-segells, segellar…
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giậm chân, đóng dấu lên, dán tem vào…
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znaczek (pocztowy), pieczątka, pieczęć…
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menghentak kaki, ditandakan, menampalkan setem…
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stampfen, stempeln, frankieren…
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frimerke [neuter], stempel [neuter], stemple…
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우표, 도장, 도장을 찍다…
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тупати ногою, штампувати, штемпелювати…
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