different between affidavit vs voucher

English

Etymology

From Medieval Latin affidavit (“he has sworn”), the third person singular perfect tense of affido (“swear”), from f?d?, ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *b?eyd?- (“to command, to persuade, to trust”). Cognate to fidelity and faith (same Latin root), but not to affirm (shared Latin ad- prefix, but different Latin and Proto-Indo-European roots).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /?æf??de?v?t/
• Rhymes: -e?v?t

Noun

affidavit (plural affidavits)

1. (law) A signed document wherein an affiant makes a sworn statement.

Translations

Further reading

• affidavit on Wikipedia.Wikipedia

French

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /a.fi.da.vit/

Noun

affidavit m (plural affidavits)

1. affidavit

Latin

Pronunciation

• (Classical) IPA^(key): /af.fi??da?.u?it/, [äf?i??d?ä?u??t?]
• (Vulgar) IPA^(key): /af.fi?da?.?it/, [af?i?da???t]
• (Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /af.fi?da.vit/, [?f?i?d???vit?]

Verb

aff?d?vit

1. third-person singular perfect active indicative of aff?d? (“to swear”)

Portuguese

Noun

affidavit m (plural affidavits)

1. (law) affidavit (legal, signed document wherein an affiant makes a sworn statement)

English

Etymology

vouch +? -er

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /?va?t??(?)/
• Rhymes: -a?t??(?)

Noun

voucher (plural vouchers)

1. A piece of paper that entitles the holder to a discount, or that can be exchanged for goods and services.
2. A receipt.
3. 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.

4. (advertising) A copy of a published advertisement sent by the agency to the client as proof of publication.
   • 2014, Nigel Linacre, Advertising for Account Holders (RLE Marketing) (page 9)

     Most agencies also have a vouchers department. It is its responsibility to obtain a copy of every advertisement that appears in print. It supplies the accounts department with the relevant newspaper or magazine, which is affixed to the agency's invoice for the space.

5. (historical) A mechanical device used in shops for automatically registering the amount of money drawn.

Synonyms

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

Derived terms

• gift voucher

Translations

Verb

voucher (third-person singular simple present vouchers, present participle vouchering, simple past and past participle vouchered)

1. (transitive) To establish the authenticity of; to vouch for.
2. (transitive) To provide a vouch for (an expenditure).
3. (transitive) To provide (a beneficiary) with a voucher.

Related terms

• vouch

Italian

Etymology

Borrowed from English voucher.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /?vau?.t??er/, [?väu?t??er?]
• Hyphenation: vou?cher

Noun

voucher m (invariable)

1. voucher (piece of paper that entitles the holder to a discount)

Old French

Verb

voucher

1. Alternative form of vochier

Conjugation

This verb conjugates as a first-group verb ending in -er. In the present tense an extra supporting e is needed in the first-person singular indicative and throughout the singular subjunctive, and the third-person singular subjunctive ending -t is lost. Old French conjugation varies significantly by date and by region. The following conjugation should be treated as a guide.

Spanish

Noun

voucher m (plural vouchers or voucher)

1. voucher