different between voucher vs toke

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

Pronunciation

• (UK) enPR: t?k, IPA^(key): /t??k/
• Rhymes: -??k
• (US) enPR: t?k, IPA^(key): /to?k/
• Rhymes: -o?k

Etymology 1

Clipping of token.

Noun

toke (plural tokes)

1. (US, slang, casinos) A gratuity.

   I gave the maitre d’ a $10 toke and he just laughed.

Verb

toke (third-person singular simple present tokes, present participle toking, simple past and past participle toked)

1. (transitive, US casino slang) To give a gratuity to.

   You have to toke the maitre d’ at least $50 if you want a really good table.

Etymology 2

Presumably from Spanish tocar (“touch”). Noun sense 1968, verb 1952.

Noun

toke (plural tokes)

1. (slang) A puff of marijuana.

   The artist took a thoughtful toke off the joint, then passed it along.

Verb

toke (third-person singular simple present tokes, present participle toking, simple past and past participle toked)

1. (slang) To smoke marijuana.

   Let's roll up a doobie and toke.
2. (slang) To inhale a puff of marijuana

Etymology 3

Noun

toke (plural tokes)

1. A piece of bread.
   • 1905, H. G. Wells: Kipps: The Story of a Simple Soul:

     Toke and cold ground rice pudding with plums it used to be—there is no better food at all.

References

Anagrams

• keto, keto-

Lindu

Noun

toke

1. chameleon

Maori

Noun

toke

1. worm

Synonyms

• noke

Middle English

Verb

toke

1. first/third-person singular past indicative of taken; took
   • 1407, The Testimony of William Thorpe, pages 40–41

     "And herfore of Wicleef speciali and of these men I toke the lore whiche I haue taughte and purpose to lyue aftir, if God wole, to my lyues ende.”