different between voucher vs cheque

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

English

Etymology

Influenced by exchequer, from Old French eschequier. See further etymology at check.

Pronunciation

• enPR: ch?k, IPA^(key): /t??k/
• Rhymes: -?k
• Homophones: check, Czech

Alternative forms

• check (US)

Noun

cheque (plural cheques)

1. (Australia, Canada, India, New Zealand, Britain) A draft directing a bank to pay money to a named person or entity.

   I was not carrying cash, so I wrote a cheque for the amount.

   • 1848, John Stuart Mill, Principles of Political Economy, 1920, page 62,

     They do not, however, all deal with the same banker, and when A gives a cheque to B, B usually pays it not into the same but into some other bank.

   • 1999, Sam Seunarine, Office Procedures for the Caribbean, 2nd edition, reprinted 2001, page 126,

     Sometimes abbreviations are used (which would be explained on the statement) and only the last three figures of the cheque number may be given. ‘Sundries’ are cash or cheques paid into the account.

   • 2007, Eric Tyson, Tony Martin, Personal Finance for Canadians for Dummies, unnumbered page,

     You can avoid dealing with paper cheques — written or printed — by paying your bills online.

   • 2009, R. Rajesh, T. Sivagnanasithi, Banking Theory Law & Practice, Tata McGraw-Hill, New Delhi, page 206,

     The daily cheque clearings began around 1770 when bank clerks met at the Five Bells (a tavern in Lombard Street in the City of London) to exchange all their cheques in one place and settle the balances in cash.

Derived terms

Descendants

Translations

Further reading

• cheque on Wikipedia.Wikipedia

References

• Michael Quinion (2004) , “Cheque”, in Ballyhoo, Buckaroo, and Spuds: Ingenious Tales of Words and Their Origins, Washington, D.C.: Smithsonian Books in association with Penguin Books, ?ISBN
• Douglas Harper (2001–2021) , “check”, in Online Etymology Dictionary

Asturian

Noun

cheque m (plural cheques)

1. cheque (a note promising to pay money to a named person or entity)

Dutch

Etymology

Borrowed from English cheque, from Middle English chek, borrowed from Old French eschec, from Medieval Latin scaccus, from Arabic ????? (š?h), borrowed from Persian ???? (šâh, “king”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /??k/
• Hyphenation: che?que
• Rhymes: -?k

Noun

cheque m (plural cheques, diminutive chequeje n)

1. check, cheque (a note promising to pay money to a named person or entity)
2. voucher, used to pay a stated amount for a specific purpose.

Derived terms

• bankcheque
• betaalcheque
• chequeboek
• chequeverkeer

- vouchers

• dienstencheque
• ecocheque
• maaltijdcheque
• waardecheque

Related terms

• schaak

Galician

Etymology

From English cheque

Noun

cheque m (plural cheques)

1. cheque, blank cheque

Derived terms

• chequeira
• cheque en branco

Portuguese

Etymology

From English cheque, from Old French eschec, from Medieval Latin scaccus, from Arabic ????? (š?h), from Persian ???? (šâh, “king”), from Middle Persian ????????????????? (š?h), from Old Persian ???? (xš?ya?iya, “king”), from Proto-Indo-Iranian *ksayati (“he rules, he has power over”), from Proto-Indo-European *tke- (“to gain power over, gain control over”). Cognate of xeque.

Pronunciation

• (Portugal) IPA^(key): /???.k?/
• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /???.ki/
• Hyphenation: che?que
• Rhymes: -?k(i)

Noun

cheque m (plural cheques)

1. cheque

Spanish

Etymology

From English cheque. Doublet of jaque.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /?t??eke/, [?t??e.ke]

Noun

cheque m (plural cheques)

1. cheque, blank cheque

Derived terms

• chequera
• cheque en blanco

Adverb

cheque

1. (Honduras) well, fine, okay