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Voucher vs Coupon - What's the difference?

voucher | coupon | Synonyms |

Coupon is a synonym of voucher.



As nouns the difference between voucher and coupon

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 coupon is a certificate of interest due, printed at the bottom of transferable bonds (state, railroad, etc.), given for a term of years, designed to be cut off and presented for payment when the interest is due; an interest warrant.

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.
  • coupon

    English

    (wikipedia coupon)

    Noun

    (en noun)
  • (obsolete) A certificate of interest due, printed at the bottom of transferable bonds (state, railroad, etc.), given for a term of years, designed to be cut off and presented for payment when the interest is due; an interest warrant.
  • (finance) Any interest payment made or due on a bond, debenture or similar (no longer by a physical coupon).
  • A section of a ticket, showing the holder to be entitled to some specified accommodation or service, as to a passage over a designated line of travel, a particular seat in a theater, a discount, etc.
  • (Scotland) The face.
  • Synonyms

    * (section of a ticket giving the holder some entitlement ): voucher

    Derived terms

    * couponer * couponing * zero coupon bond

    Anagrams

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