different between coupon vs youpon

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

Noun

youpon (countable and uncountable, plural youpons)

1. Archaic form of yaupon.