voucher
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3.1
- noun
- /ˈvaʊtʃər/
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vale
- He received a voucher that he can use to get a discount on his next purchase.
- a voucher system
- school voucher
- a voucher program
But what would help are things like vouchers and school choice.
- But what would help are things like vouchers and school choice.
- Blanche turns to the vouchers in the Trump Organization Ledger system.
- They can't get into the other housing programs like the Housing Choice voucher program.
- He then proceeded to pull out a printed let's go voucher.
- They gave either man or woman a voucher for access to a training program for women.
- And you can only use those vouchers at local food markets where you tend to get cheap vegetables.
- I've seen really cute Yes Day vouchers online that you can print out and fill in for a Yes day.
Examples
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As an incentive, participants received a voucher for free admission to a movie.
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But what would help are things like vouchers and school choice.
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So here it's a voucher for first class treatment.
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One of them is a food voucher for like, restaurants.
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I put in a voucher for expenses.
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It provides food vouchers to pregnant women, mothers and children up to the age of five.
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These vouchers are redeemable on trains and participating bus services.
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This entitles you to a room voucher this evening and free drink tokens on your flight tomorrow.
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These are food vouchers.
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Part of the plan was to give every Russian citizen a 10,000-ruble voucher for shares in the newly privatized companies.
Academic text (2011)
Synonyms
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1.7
A ticket you give to get a discount or free item
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1.4
A card with money on it that you can use to buy things at one store or group of stores
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5.4
A code that gives a discount or free shipping at checkout
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8.4
A small paper slip that shows a payment or request
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3.8
A ticket that lets you get a meal at a restaurant or cafeteria
A paper or digital gift card you can exchange for books including e-books
A ticket from an employer you can use to pay for a meal at a restaurant or cafe
Compounds
A ticket from an employer you can use to pay for a meal at a restaurant or cafe
How Valuable
Surface Forms
Morphology
Etymology
Voucher comes from the same root as the verb vouch, which means 'to guarantee' or 'to promise'. A voucher is a paper or ticket that proves you can get goods or a discount, so the name shows it 'guarantees' that exchange.