English-Finnish translations for rubber stamp

• kumileimasin
  Parlamentti ei ole kumileimasin, vaan se osallistuu päätöksentekoon. Parliament is not a rubber stamp, it has the power of codecision.
  Parlamentti ei ole hyväksyntäprosessissa pelkkä kumileimasin, eikä parlamenttia pidä myöskään kohdella sellaisena. The approval process is not a rubber stamp and this Parliament should not be treated as one.
  Parlamentti oli tietenkin päättäväinen sen suhteen, että lautakunnan on oltava muutakin kuin pelkkä kumileimasin komission mietinnölle. Parliament, of course, was determined that the Board had to be more than a rubber stamp for the Commission's report.
• leimasin

Definition of rubber stamp

• Of a person, organisation, or process, making decisions or approving matters routinely or without real power
• A piece of rubber or similar material with a design or text carved or molded for the purpose of transferring ink or dye to imprint that design on another object
• A person or organisation that approves, routinely or as a formality, matters decided by some other person or organisation
• To process, approve or decide matters routinely rather than through careful consideration

Examples

• rubber stamp politics
• rubber stamp committee
• The library had a rubber stamp to imprint the due date
• They usually just rubber stamp orders under $100

Related words

• rubber substance
• rubber stick
• rubber strap
• to be a rubber stamp
• rubber ball blast grenade