voucher
noun
- receipt or bond with a certain value
Wiktionary
Pronunciation: /ˈvaʊt͡ʃə(ɹ)/
noun
Etymology: From vouch + -er. The verb is from the noun.
- A piece of paper or other token that entitles the holder to a discount, or that can be exchanged for goods and services.
“a voucher for a free kettle”
“This voucher entitles the bearer to a 20% discount on frozen goods.”
- A receipt.
- One who or that which vouches.
“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.”
“She is my sister—my own father’s daughter. Well; why do I believe it? The other day I had not so much as heard the remotest rumor of her existence; and what has since occurred to change me? What so new and incontestable vouchers have I handled? None at all.”
- A copy of a published advertisement sent by the agency to the client as proof of publication.
“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.”
- A mechanical device used in shops for automatically registering the amount of money drawn.
verb
Etymology: From vouch + -er. The verb is from the noun.
- To establish the authenticity of; to vouch for.
- To provide a vouch for (an expenditure).
- To provide (a beneficiary) with a voucher.