trading stamp

noun

a stamp with a certain value given as a premium by a retailer to a customer, specified quantities of these stamps being exchangeable for various articles.

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Origin of trading stamp

An Americanism dating back to 1895–1900

Words nearby trading stamp

tradeswoman, trading card, trading estate, trading floor, trading post, trading stamp, tradition, traditional, traditional logic, traditional marriage, traditional option
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Example sentences from the Web for trading stamp

  • The only sound in the room was the ticking of the trading-stamp clock on the mantel, and the clanking of the steam pipes.

    The Brute|Frederic Arnold Kummer

  • Its a humming Wall Street story showing up the entire bunch and exposing the trading-stamp swindle of the great department stores.

    Iole|Robert W. Chambers

British Dictionary definitions for trading stamp

trading stamp

noun

(esp formerly) a stamp of stated value given by some retail organizations to customers, according to the value of their purchases and redeemable for articles offered on a premium list
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