to voucher
- verb
- /ˈvaʊtʃər/
- Specialized
- Vouchered and obviously stolen.
- voucher all property
Examples
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According to NSF documents, the program seeks to "create a national resource of digital data documenting existing biological collections and to advance scientific knowledge by improving access to digitized information (including images) residing in vouchered scientific collections across the United States.
Academic text (2010) -
Primarily, you wish to voucher for points that you require and are likely to use, like household goods.
Blog text (27) -
OK, go voucher them chickens in the checkout.
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The old autopsy report says the paper spike was removed from the victim in autopsy and vouchered as evidence.
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Those Republicans who would destroy Social Security and voucher Medicare to death, who would cut Pell grants, and who readily admit they "don't care about the very poor" should stop, remember, and take to heart the ancient words so relevant for today: "Whatsoever you do for the least of these - you do for me."
Blog text (13) -
The resulting vouchered specimens would record the distribution of these species and could be used in critical baseline studies of heavy metal, pesticide, and parasite levels in the ecosystems of their origin.
Academic text (1996) -
The officer will voucher the items as evidence and store them securely.
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After the event, please ensure that you voucher all expenses for reimbursement.
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The detective had to voucher the collected evidence in order to maintain a proper chain of custody.
Compounds
A ticket from an employer you can use to pay for a meal at a restaurant or cafe
Surface Forms
Etymology
Voucher when used as a verb comes from the idea of giving a voucher or from the verb vouch, and it means to make an official record or 'prove' something with a document. That's why researchers who 'voucher' a specimen keep a paper or sample as proof so others can check it later.