luncheon voucher
- noun
- /ˈlʌnʧən ˈvaʊtʃər/
- UK
:
vale de comida
- She received a luncheon voucher from her employer to enjoy a meal at a local café.
I was going to say, younger kids won't know what luncheon vouchers were, but but they were a meal supplement.
- I was going to say, younger kids won't know what luncheon vouchers were, but but they were a meal supplement.
Examples
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The company provides each employee with a luncheon voucher every month to promote dining at nearby restaurants.
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With the luncheon voucher, he was able to have lunch without spending any of his own money.
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I was going to say, younger kids won't know what luncheon vouchers were, but but they were a meal supplement.
Synonyms
187
1.7
A ticket you give to get a discount or free item
114
3.1
A paper or code you can use to pay for something at a lower price
1
3.8
A ticket that lets you get a meal at a restaurant or cafeteria
How Valuable
- UK
97
1.7
Surface Forms
Morphology
The compound is directly compositional: 'luncheon' (a midday meal) + 'voucher' (a redeemable coupon) yields a coupon for a meal, so the overall sense is predictable from the parts. Although 'luncheon' is somewhat formal, a B1 learner who knows both words can infer that a 'luncheon voucher' entitles the holder to a meal, and this construction is cross-linguistically transparent.
Etymology
The noun luncheon voucher comes from employers giving paper vouchers that paid for a luncheon, a simple meal at a café, so workers could show the ticket and get food. So today it means 'a coupon from work you can use to pay for lunch'.