coupon
Meanings
noun
- 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.
- A voucher issued by a manufacturer or retailer which offers a discount on a particular product.
- 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.
- Any interest payment made or due on a bond, debenture or similar (no longer by a physical coupon).
- The letter sent to parliamentary candidates at the 1918 general election, endorsing them as official representatives of the coalition government.
- A person's face.
- A small sample of a bulk material, prepared so that test failure will be representative.
verb
- To use coupons to a such extent that makes the user actively looking for coupons in magazines, online and whatever they can be found.
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Etymology
From French coupon, from couper (“to cut”).
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