rubber

a rubber check (American, humorous)

a cheque (= a piece of paper from someone's bank that they sign and use for money) that is not worth anything because the person does not have enough money in the bank. The woman was accused of writing more than $100,000 in rubber checks to pay for expensive jewelry.

See also: check

a rubber stamp

rubber-stamp something - if someone rubber-stamps a decision or a plan, they give it official approval, often without thinking about it enough. The committee is just a rubber stamp for the president's policies.

See also: stamp

rubber-stamp something

if someone rubber-stamps a decision or a plan, they give it official approval, often without thinking about it enough. School governors will not simply rubber-stamp what teachers have already decided. The court was asked to rubber-stamp the Department's decision to free the men.

See also: rubber-stamp