rubber stamp betydelse and definition

Betydelse av rubber stamp på svenska

• 0 a small device with raised letters made of rubber, used for printing the date, name of an organization, etc. on documents

• 1 to officially approve a decision or plan without thinking about it:

  • The boss makes the decisions and the committee just rubber-stamps them.

• 2 a device used for printing with raised letters, numbers, or pictures made of an elastic substance such as rubber that you cover with ink and press against a surface, or the printed letters, etc., made in this way:

  • The guard marked my pass with a rubber stamp.

  • The mayor has a lot of power, and city counselors provide a rubber stamp.

• 3 to approve something without giving it much thought:

  • Congress is not going to simply rubber-stamp any policy the president proposes.

• 4 to approve an idea, project, law, etc. without examining it carefully first:

  • The board is expected to rubber-stamp the approval next month.

• 5 used to describe a group or organization that gives approval to ideas, projects, laws, etc. without examining them carefully first:

  • The problem we face in this country is rubber-stamp boards.

  • a rubber-stamp legislature/parliament

• 6 used to describe a decision that is made based on someone else's advice, without examining the facts or arguments on both sides first:

  • a rubber-stamp decision/recommendation/approach

• 7 a small desk tool with raised letters made of rubber, that is used for printing the date, name of an organization, etc. on documents:

  • His secretary signs the stack of papers using a rubber stamp with his signature on it.

• 8 a person or organization that gives approval to an idea, project, etc. without examining it carefully first:

  • act as/become a rubber stamp for sth

  • The board is not simply a rubber stamp for management's decisions.

• 9 approval that is given to an idea, project, etc., especially before it is examined carefully:

  • Many felt that the committee members were merely providing a rubber stamp for government decisions.

  • If anyone thinks they can get a rubber stamp, they won't.