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noun

a stamp required to be affixed to certain products, documents, etc., before they change hands to indicate that a tax has been paid.

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Have you tried to access the research that your tax dollars finance, almost all of which is kept behind a paywall?
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“You must leave this house this moment,” she cried, with a stamp, with gleaming eyes and very pale.
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In former years, Korea had paid an annual tribute or tax to China, but for some time it had been held back by this king.
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While she flitted into the next room to fetch a stamp, Mrs. Haughstone, her needles arrested in mid-air, looked steadily at Tom.
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It need not mention the sum to be paid for the land; it can be signed with a lead pencil: a stamp signature will suffice.
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