ca|chet

ca|chet
ca|chet «ka SHAY, KASH ay», noun.
1. a private seal or stamp, especially of an important or powerful person: »

The letter was sealed with the king's cachet.

2. Figurative. a distinguishing mark of quality or genuineness; stamp: »

The antique cabinet bore the cachet of a famous colonial craftsman.

3. a stamped or printed slogan, design, or the like, on mail.
4. a flat capsule or wafer of some digestible material, enclosing a medicine.
[< Middle French cachet < Old French cacher to crowd (together); hide, cache]

Useful english dictionary. 2012.

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