different between coupon vs vouch

English

Etymology

From French coupon, from couper (“to cut”).

Pronunciation

• (UK) IPA^(key): /?ku??p?n/
• (US) IPA^(key): /?ku??p?n/, /?kju??p?n/

Noun

coupon (plural coupons)

1. 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.
2. A voucher issued by a manufacturer or retailer which offers a discount on a particular product.
3. (finance, 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.
4. (finance) Any interest payment made or due on a bond, debenture or similar (no longer by a physical coupon).
5. (Britain, politics, historical) The letter sent to parliamentary candidates at the 1918 general election, endorsing them as official representatives of the coalition government.
6. (Scotland) A person's face.

Synonyms

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

Derived terms

• couponer
• couponing
• zero coupon bond

Translations

Verb

coupon (third-person singular simple present coupons, present participle couponing or couponning, simple past and past participle couponed or couponned)

1. To use coupons to a such extent that makes the user actively looking for coupons in magazines, online and whatever they can be found.

Derived terms

• couponer, couponner
• couponing, couponning

Anagrams

• uncoop

French

Etymology

couper +? -on

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ku.p??/

Noun

coupon m (plural coupons)

1. coupon (certificate of interest due)
2. An oddment or offcut, a short rest of fabric remaining from a bolt (roll) or large piece.

Descendants

References

Further reading

• “coupon” in Trésor de la langue française informatisé (The Digitized Treasury of the French Language).

English

Etymology

From Middle English vouchen, that borrowed from Old French voucher, from Latin voc?re, present active infinitive of voc?.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /?va?t?/
• Rhymes: -a?t?

Verb

vouch (third-person singular simple present vouches, present participle vouching, simple past and past participle vouched)

1. To take responsibility for; to express confidence in; to witness; to obtest.
2. To warrant; to maintain by affirmations

   Synonyms: attest, affirm, avouch

   • October 28, 1705, Francis Atterbury, a sermon

     They made him ashamed first to vouch the truth of the relation, and afterwards to credit it.
3. To back; to support; to confirm.
4. To call into court to warrant and defend, or to make good a warranty of title.
5. (obsolete) To call; to summon.
   • 1531, Thomas Elyot, The Boke named the Governour

     [They] vouch (as I might say) to their aid the authority of the writers.

6. To bear witness; to give testimony or full attestation.
7. To call as a witness.
8. To assert; to aver; to declare.

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Related terms

• avouch

Translations

Noun

vouch (plural vouches)

1. Warrant; attestation.