date stamp

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noun

a device for stamping dates and frequently the place of origin or receipt, as on postal matter.

the information stamped by this device.

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Origin of date stamp

First recorded in 1855–60

Words nearby date stamp

date night, date of record, date palm, date rape, date squares, date stamp, dating, dating agency, dating bar, dating nail, dative

Other definitions for date stamp (2 of 2)

date-stamp

[ deyt-stamp ]

/ ˈdeɪtˌstæmp /

verb (used with object)

to stamp the date on, as with a date stamp: He date-stamped every letter received.

Origin of date-stamp

First recorded in 1925–30

How to use date stamp in a sentence

Make sure to look at the date stamp included on the image—it will be in red block text.
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Then he closed the lid carefully, passed a piece of string round it, and sealed it with the Birralong date-stamp.
Colonial Born|G. Firth Scott
The date that we go by is the date the checker checks the order, and then he puts the date stamp on it.
Warren Commission (3 of 26): Hearings Vol. III (of 15)|The President's Commission on the Assassination of President Kennedy
The librarian's date stamp on the book is not conclusive, and may be rebutted by other evidence of the actual date of deposit.
A Treatise Upon the Law of Copyright in the United Kingdom and the Dominions of the Crown,|E. J. MacGillivray

And they got hold of some young man at the post-office who knew how to fix a date-stamp with a past date.
John Caldigate|Anthony Trollope
Paid letters were impressed with a red date-stamp to distinguish them from unpaid, which bore a black date-stamp.
The Post Office of India and its Story|Geoffrey Clarke

British Dictionary definitions for date stamp

date stamp

noun

an adjustable rubber stamp for recording the date

an inked impression made by this

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