different between voucher vs redeem

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

Recorded since c.1425, from Middle English redemen, modified from Old French redimer, from Latin redim? (“release; obviate; atone for”), itself from re- (“back; again”) + em? (“buy; gain, take, procure”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /???di?m/
• Rhymes: -i?m
• Hyphenation: re?deem

Verb

redeem (third-person singular simple present redeems, present participle redeeming, simple past and past participle redeemed)

1. (transitive) To recover ownership of something by buying it back.
2. (transitive) To liberate by payment of a ransom.
3. (transitive) To set free by force.
4. (transitive) To save, rescue
5. (transitive) To clear, release from debt or blame
6. (transitive) To expiate, atone (for)
7. (transitive, finance) To convert (some bond or security) into cash
8. (transitive) To save from a state of sin (and from its consequences).
9. (transitive) To repair, restore
10. (transitive) To reform, change (for the better)
11. (transitive) To restore the honour, worth, or reputation of oneself or something.
12. (transitive, archaic) To reclaim

Synonyms

• (recover ownership): buy back, repurchase

Antonyms

• abandon

Derived terms

Related terms

Translations

Anagrams

• deemer, reemed