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Definition stamp in British English

stamp noun

noun
/stæmp/
1

a small official piece of paper that you buy and stick on an envelope to pay for the cost of posting a letter or a parcel

Example

a first-class/second-class stamp

Example

A book of second-class stamps, please.

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1.1

a small official piece of paper that you buy and collect as a way of paying for something

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1.2

a small piece of paper that some shops give to customers to collect and use later to buy things in the shop

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2

a small tool with a pattern or writing on one side that you press into ink and use for printing a mark on paper

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2.1

a mark that you make with a stamp

Example

Did you get a stamp in your passport?

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3

an act of putting your foot down hard and noisily on something

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4

a particular quality that is clearly noticeable in someone or something

Example

The film bears the unmistakable stamp of its energetic director.

Example

He has a chance to put his stamp on government policy.

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5

a particular type of person or thing

Example

The son was a man of a very different stamp.

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Definition stamp in British English