revenue stamp

American  

noun

1. a stamp showing that a governmental tax has been paid.

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Etymology

Origin of revenue stamp

First recorded in 1860–65

Example Sentences

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revenue stamp

Later comes trimming, boxing, and finally sealing with the internal revenue stamp.

From Time Magazine Archive

As it is a penal offence to use a postage stamp a second time, so it is a punishable offence to attempt the use of a cancelled or torn internal revenue stamp.

From Business Hints for Men and Women by Alfred Rochefort Calhoun

He explained the revenue stamp required upon a bill of exchange was one-eighth of 1 per cent. of the face of the bill, making the tax on my single bill 187 francs, or about $37.

From Bidwell's Travels, from Wall Street to London Prison Fifteen Years in Solitude by Austin Bidwell

"There's a feller which he got it such a breath, Moe, he ought to put a revenue stamp on his chin."

From Abe and Mawruss Being Further Adventures of Potash and Perlmutter by Montague Glass

The cellophane came unsealed with surprising ease: so did the revenue stamp.

From The Mercenaries by H. Beam Piper