Used in a Sentence

stamps

Definitions, parts of speech, synonyms, and sentence examples for stamps.

Editorial note

To Expand: This method is already used in data logging compression (slightly) where one stores channel delta's/time stamps.

Examples16
Definitions4
Parts of speech1

Quick take

A small piece of paper, with a design and a face value, used to prepay postage or other dues such as tax or licence fees.

Meaning at a glance

The clearest senses and uses of stamps gathered in one view.

noun

A small piece of paper, with a design and a face value, used to prepay postage or other dues such as tax or licence fees.

noun

A small piece of paper bearing a design on one side and adhesive on the other, used to decorate letters or craft work.

noun

A device for imprinting designs.

Definitions

Core meanings and parts of speech for stamps.

noun

A small piece of paper, with a design and a face value, used to prepay postage or other dues such as tax or licence fees.

noun

A small piece of paper bearing a design on one side and adhesive on the other, used to decorate letters or craft work.

noun

A device for imprinting designs.

noun

An indentation, imprint, or mark made by stamping.

Example sentences

1

To Expand: This method is already used in data logging compression (slightly) where one stores channel delta's/time stamps.

2

Proponents of the food stamps and other specific-use assistance programs point to the fact that they deter bad use.

3

But others will buy food, cook and then sell the food, bringing in $2 dollars of cash for $1 of stamps.

4

Double for ~23% increase in patents, a large portion of which are evergreen and overbroad patents that the US patent office rubber stamps.

5

Then she printed everything as well - several pages, nine stamps, seven signatures.

6

Yes, but ISO8601 defines dozens of ways to write ISO-8601 compatible date-time-stamps.

7

It was the end of letters filled with stamps from many countries.

8

So give them money the same way food stamps are administered.

9

Some will trade them $2 of stamps for $1 of cash.

10

I am astounded the OSI has gone and decided to become an organization that just rubber stamps things which are not free.

11

If the idea is to replace things like welfare, food stamps or whichever programs cover the cost of raising children, I think it's easiest to assume that everybody gets the same dollar amount (the de-facto average amount).

12

I haven't checked hacker news since I edited by own reply, but I can only imagine they were edited by the time you saw them, given the time stamps.

Quote examples

1

It'll be, "before the government started helping, we lived off food stamps and food banks, but it was never enough.

2

"Obamacare", food stamps and many other welfare programs are indirect corporate welfare.

3

"Note that the file hashes (CRC32, SHA1, MDA and etc.) for Windows 10 ISO images created by Media Creation Tool are unique as time stamps and other factors are different for each computers."

Proper noun examples

1

Rural appalachia is an exception (eg, west va = highly democratic; TN home of senator gore, etc) as these states were the target of many early government projects (like TVA and Food Stamps).

Frequently asked questions

Short answers drawn from the clearest meanings and examples for this word.

How do you use stamps in a sentence?

To Expand: This method is already used in data logging compression (slightly) where one stores channel delta's/time stamps.

What does stamps mean?

A small piece of paper, with a design and a face value, used to prepay postage or other dues such as tax or licence fees.

What part of speech is stamps?

stamps is commonly used as noun.