coupon

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See also: Coupon, cupon, and cupón

English

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Etymology

From French coupon, from couper (“to cut”).

Pronunciation

Noun

coupon (plural coupons)

  1. A section of a ticket, showing the holder to be entitled to some specified accommodation or service, as to a passage over a designated line of travel, a particular seat in a theater, a discount, etc.
  2. A voucher issued by a manufacturer or retailer which offers a discount on a particular product.
  3. (finance, obsolete) A certificate of interest due, printed at the bottom of transferable bonds (state, railroad, etc.), given for a term of years, designed to be cut off and presented for payment when the interest is due; an interest warrant.
  4. (finance) Any interest payment made or due on a bond, debenture or similar (no longer by a physical coupon).
  5. (UK politics, historical) The letter sent to parliamentary candidates at the 1918 general election, endorsing them as official representatives of the coalition government.
  6. (Scotland) A person's face.
  7. (manufacturing) A small sample of a bulk material, prepared so that test failure will be representative.

Synonyms

  • (section of a ticket giving the holder some entitlement): voucher

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Translations

Verb

coupon (third-person singular simple present coupons, present participle couponing or couponning, simple past and past participle couponed or couponned)

  1. To use coupons to a such extent that makes the user actively looking for coupons in magazines, online and whatever they can be found.
    Jenna coupons and she goes through three magazines a day to find the coupons.

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Chinese

Alternative forms

Etymology

From English coupon.

Pronunciation

Noun

coupon

  1. (Hong Kong Cantonese) coupon (discount voucher) (Classifier: 張／张 c)

French

Etymology

From couper +‎ -on.

Pronunciation

Noun

coupon m (plural coupons)

  1. coupon (certificate of interest due)
  2. an oddment or offcut, a short rest of fabric remaining from a bolt (roll) or large piece.

Descendants

References

  1. ^ Larousse
  2. ^ Referdiscounts

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