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prestamp

prestamp verb: to stamp in advance.

Verb

prestamp (third-person singular simple present prestamps, present participle prestamping, simple past and past participle prestamped)

  1. (transitive) To stamp in advance.
    • As for prestamping the return envelope, many of us are at odds with those who feel the return envelope must be stamped before the proposed guest will consider mailing back the reply card.2009, Letitia Baldrige, Letitia Baldrige's New Manners for New Times

Adjective

prestamp (not comparable)

  1. Prior to the introduction of adhesive postal stamps.
    • a stampless cover
    Synonyms:
    stampless

Synonyms of prestamp

Forms of prestamp

third-person singular presentprestamps
present participleprestamping
past participleprestamped
pastprestamped

Origin of prestamp

From pre- + stamp.

Questions about prestamp

What does prestamp mean?
Prestamp means to stamp in advance.
What part of speech is prestamp?
Prestamp can be a verb or an adjective.
What is the past tense of prestamp?
The past tense of prestamp is prestamped.

Words near prestamp in the dictionary

  1. Prestage
  2. Prestages
  3. prestained
  4. prestaining
  5. prestalk
  6. prestamp
  7. prestamped
  8. prestamping
  9. prestamps
  10. prestandard
  11. prestandardization

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