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Postage vs Stamp - What's the difference?

postage | stamp |

As nouns the difference between postage and stamp

is that postage is the charge for posting an item while stamp is an act of stamping the foot, paw or hoof.

As a verb stamp is

to step quickly and heavily, once or repeatedly.

postage

English

(wikipedia postage)

Noun

(en noun)
  • The charge for posting an item.
  • The postage stamp, or similar token, affixed to an item of post as evidence of payment.

    • Derived terms

    * postage and packaging () * postage due * postage meter * postage rate * postage stamp

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    stamp

    English

    Noun

    (en noun)
  • An act of stamping the foot, paw or hoof.
    • The horse gave two quick stamps and rose up on its hind legs.
  • * 1922 , (Margery Williams), (The Velveteen Rabbit)
    • Just then there was a sound of footsteps, and the Boy ran past near them, and with a stamp of feet and a flash of white tails the two strange rabbits disappeared.
  • An indentation or imprint made by stamping.
    • My passport has quite a collection of stamps .
  • A device for stamping designs.
    • She loved to make designs with her collection of stamps .
  • A small piece of paper bearing a design on one side and adhesive on the other, used to decorate letters or craft work.
    • These stamps have a Christmas theme.
  • A small piece of paper, with a design and a face value, used to prepay postage or other costs such as tax or licence fees.
    • I need one first-class stamp to send this letter.
    Now that commerce is done electronically, tax stamps are no longer issued here .
  • (slang, figuratively) A tattoo
  • (slang) A single dose of lysergic acid diethylamide

    • Synonyms

    * (act of stamping ): * (indentation or imprint made by stamping ): * (device for stamping designs ): * (paper used to indicate payment has been paid ): postage stamp, revenue stamp, tax stamp

    Derived terms

    * rubber stamp * timestamp

    Verb

    (en verb)
  • To step quickly and heavily, once or repeatedly.
    • The toddler screamed and stamped , but still got no candy.
  • To move (the foot or feet) quickly and heavily, once or repeatedly.
    • The crowd cheered and stamped their feet in appreciation.
  • To strike, beat, or press forcibly with the bottom of the foot, or by thrusting the foot downward.
  • * Dryden
    • He frets, he fumes, he stares, he stamps the ground.
    (Shakespeare)
  • To mark by pressing quickly and heavily.
    • This machine stamps the metal cover with a design.
    This machine stamps the design into the metal cover.
  • To give an official marking to, generally by impressing or imprinting a design or symbol.
    • The immigration officer stamped my passport.
  • To apply postage stamps to.
    • I forgot to stamp this letter.
  • (figurative) To mark; to impress.
  • * John Locke
    • God has stamped no original characters on our minds wherein we may read his being.
  • * {{quote-news
    • , year=2011 , date=September 18 , author=Ben Dirs , title=Rugby World Cup 2011: England 41-10 Georgia , work=BBC Sport citation , page= , passage=England's superior conditioning began to show in the final quarter and as the game began to break up, their three-quarters began to stamp their authority on the game. And when Foden went on a mazy run from inside his own 22 and put Ashton in for a long-range try, any threat of an upset was when and truly snuffed out.}}

    Synonyms

    * (mark by pressing quickly and heavily ): emboss, dent * (give an official marking to ): impress, imprint

    Related terms

    * date stamp * postage stamp * rubber stamp * stamp album * stamp-collecting * stamp duty * stamp of approval * stamp out * stamping ground * timestamp

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