cachet
an official seal, as on a letter or document.
a distinguishing mark or feature; stamp: Courtesy is the cachet of good breeding.
a sign or expression of approval, especially from a person who has a great deal of prestige.
superior status; prestige: The job has a certain cachet.
Pharmacology. a hollow wafer for enclosing an ill-tasting medicine.
Philately. a firm name, slogan, or design stamped or printed on an envelope or folded letter.
Origin of cachet
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How to use cachet in a sentence
The likes of Nike and Adidas have long prided themselves on their ability to get out in front of whatever trend has cultural cachet with its fans.
‘No one’s going in blind’: Brands are bringing gaming and esports in-house | Seb Joseph | July 28, 2021 | DigidayThe automaker’s decision to reduce its lineup and focus on just one vehicle—the 500X subcompact crossover—only adds to the cachet.
Pricing in media buys is always a complex calculation, dependent on time slot and event cachet, but these companies did not pay nothing.
The NCAA’s shell game is the real women’s basketball scandal | Sally Jenkins | March 25, 2021 | Washington PostThe cultural value of declaring oneself a Peace Prize nominee, though, has proven irresistible, given the cachet still associated with the prize.
At first you wished you’d been assigned someone with a little more cachet.
“The [Rockefeller] name carries a certain cachet because of Standard Oil,” he said.
Time will tell whether the Upper East Side achieves lasting social cachet to go with the cash awash in the neighborhood.
Why the Upper East Side Is Now Cooler Than Brooklyn | Tom Teodorczuk | September 2, 2014 | THE DAILY BEASTThere was no social cachet associated with jazz at that juncture in American history—if anything, the contrary.
Jazz (The Music of Coffee and Donuts) Has Respect, But It Needs Love | Ted Gioia | June 15, 2014 | THE DAILY BEASTBeing a fan of Liquid Sky carries the cachet of degenerate hipness to this day, 32 years after it was filmed.
Punks, UFOs, and Heroin: How ‘Liquid Sky’ Became a Cult Movie | Daniel Genis | June 2, 2014 | THE DAILY BEAST“I think there was a cachet about having an African-American president because of guilt,” she said.
Sorry, Michele Bachmann. We Are Ready for a Female President. And It’s Partially Because of You. | Eleanor Clift | February 21, 2014 | THE DAILY BEASTEach cachet contained three decigrams of malourea, the insidious drug notorious under its trade name of Veronal.
Dope | Sax RohmerA lettre de cachet was sent after him to Bordeaux; but he avoided it by crossing into Spain.
Private Letters of Edward Gibbon (1753-1794) Volume 1 (of 2) | Edward GibbonTo think that any man of our free colony would use a lettre de cachet, and against a brother Canadian!
The False Chevalier | William Douw LighthallHe procured lettres de cachet from the King, and shut up his disobedient and debauched son in various state-prisons.
Beacon Lights of History, Volume IX | John LordThere was no difficulty in obtaining this lettre de cachet, and the poor wretch was arrested and taken to the Bastille.
Queens of the French Stage | H. Noel Williams
British Dictionary definitions for cachet
/ (ˈkæʃeɪ) /
an official seal on a document, letter, etc
a distinguishing mark; stamp
prestige; distinction
philately
a mark stamped by hand on mail for commemorative purposes
a small mark made by dealers and experts on the back of postage stamps: Compare overprint (def. 3), surcharge (def. 5)
a hollow wafer, formerly used for enclosing an unpleasant-tasting medicine
Origin of cachet
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