different between couponing vs coupon

English

Alternative forms

• couponning (Commonwealth English)

Etymology

coupon +? -ing

Noun

couponing (uncountable)

1. The use or distribution of money-saving coupons.
   • 1985, Cincinnati Magazine (volume 18, number 4, January 1985, page 105)

     Direct mail couponing delivers a redemption rate 3 times greater than that of newspapers, magazines or even preprinted inserts.

   • 1985, William M. Kincaid, Promotion—products, services, and ideas

     In addition, couponing is being used in industries not traditionally associated with the practice. Breweries, for example, are experimenting with it in the 14 states in which couponing for alcoholic beverages is legal.

   • 2011?, Lisa DeGirolamo, How to Use Coupons to Save Big Money at the Grocery Store

     Before I mastered the art of couponing I was spending $1200 a month at the grocery store to feed my family of four.

Anagrams

• uncooping

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).