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Voucher vs Challan - What's the difference?

voucher | challan |

As nouns the difference between voucher and challan

is that voucher is a piece of paper that entitles the holder to a discount, or that can be exchanged for goods and services while challan is an official form or other kind of document, piece of paperwork, citation etc.

As a verb voucher

is to establish the authenticity of; to vouch for.

voucher

English

Noun

(en noun)
  • A piece of paper that entitles the holder to a discount, or that can be exchanged for goods and services.
  • A receipt.
  • One who or that which vouches.
  • * 1836 , The New Sporting Magazine (volume 11, page 227)
  • To the fashionable world he cannot be a stranger and his having married a sister of the Duke of Leeds is a voucher for my assertion.

    Synonyms

    * (piece of paper that entitles the holder to a discount) coupon

    Derived terms

    * gift voucher

    Verb

    (en verb)
  • To establish the authenticity of; to vouch for.
  • To provide a vouch for (an expenditure).
  • To provide (a beneficiary) with a voucher.
  • challan

    English

    Noun

    (en-noun)
  • (South Asia) An official form or other kind of document, piece of paperwork, citation etc.
  • *2002 , Romen Basu, Breach of Faith :
  • *:Mathur sighed that things had come to such a pass that no honest businessman could get even a challan form without first handing out a few rupees.
  • *2010 , Auditing , Dr Ashok Sharma, New Delhi 2010, p. 92:
  • *:The stores department will issue a challan for each packing.
  • *2012 , The Times of India , 3 Jan 2012:
  • *:In past two years, Mohali police issued a paltry 17 challans to school bus operators for violations. Offences included speeding, rash driving and overloading.