rubber stamp

Thân thiện

The clerk uses a rubber stamp to approve the application.

Definition

1. Noun:
   • A routine authorization of an action without questions: A figurative term for a person or body that gives automatic, uncritical approval to decisions or proposals.
   • A stamp (usually made of rubber) for imprinting a mark or design by hand: A physical device with a raised rubber surface used to apply ink and leave a printed impression, often containing text, a logo, or a signature.

Usage Examples

• Noun (Figurative Authorization):
  • The committee was a mere rubber stamp for the CEO's plans.
  • Parliament acted as a rubber stamp, approving the bill without debate.
• Noun (Physical Stamp):
  • She used a rubber stamp to mark the documents "APPROVED".
  • I need a new rubber stamp with my business address.

Advanced Usage

• "to rubber-stamp" (verb): To approve or authorize (something) automatically or without proper consideration.
  • The board is expected to rubber-stamp the merger agreement.
  • They rubber-stamped the proposal without reading it.

Variants and Related Words

• Rubber-stamp (adjective): Describing a process or body that gives automatic approval.
  • a rubber-stamp parliament
• Stamp (noun/verb): The general term for a device to imprint a mark or the act of imprinting.

Synonyms

• Noun (Authorization): Automatic approval, formal endorsement, perfunctory approval.
• Noun (Device): Seal, imprint, handstamp.

Related Phrases

• A rubber-stamp approval: An approval given without scrutiny.
  • The project got rubber-stamp approval from the city council.

Học thuật

Noun

1. routine authorization of an action without questions
2. a stamp (usually made of rubber) for imprinting a mark or design by hand

Từ đồng nghĩa

• handstamp