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  • date stamp
    date stamp
    noun
    a device for stamping dates and frequently the place of origin or receipt, as on postal matter.
  • date-stamp
    date-stamp
    verb (used with object)
    to stamp the date on, as with a date stamp.

date stamp

1 American  

noun

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

  2. the information stamped by this device.


date-stamp 2 American  
[dayt-stamp] / ˈdeɪtˌstæmp /

verb (used with object)

  1. to stamp the date on, as with a date stamp.

    He date-stamped every letter received.


date stamp British  

noun

  1. an adjustable rubber stamp for recording the date

  2. an inked impression made by this

"Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged" 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012

Etymology

Origin of date stamp1

First recorded in 1855–60

Origin of date-stamp2

First recorded in 1925–30


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“Everybody’s got a use-by or sell-by date stamp somewhere,” he said.

From Washington Post ● Mar. 3, 2023

For this to happen, TikTok would need to add a time and date stamp, in addition to a license preference feature.

From Salon ● Aug. 14, 2021

Baby formula’s the only food legally required to have a date stamp, she says, and the rest are not set in stone.

From Seattle Times ● Oct. 2, 2018

The date stamp on the digital readout of No. 8’s racing heart is July 13, 2009.

From Reuters ● Sep. 20, 2017

There was one date stamp: September 12, 1917.

From "Moon Over Manifest" by Clare Vanderpool

The video does not have a date-stamp or time-stamp.

From BBC ● Jan. 17, 2024

She received the "Stewart" inquiry on Sept. 21, a day after she filed the lawsuit, according to the date-stamp shown in later court filings.

From Salon ● Jun. 29, 2023

The opening date-stamp is far from the most quotable line of a movie overflowing with them.

From Salon ● Mar. 13, 2015

The date-stamp likewise showed that it must have been posted in London.

From David Elginbrod by George MacDonald

And they got hold of some young man at the post-office who knew how to fix a date-stamp with a past date.

From John Caldigate by Anthony Trollope

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