stand for(v.)
verbal phrase, attested by c. 1300 as "count for, be counted or considered as;" early 14c. as "be considered in lieu of;" late 14c. as "represent by way of sign." See stand (v.) + for (prep.). The sense of "put up with, tolerate" is attested from 1620s; modern use in this sense seems to be late 19c. U.S. colloquial.
该词起源时间:约1300年