Meanings
nounvoucher (plural vouchers)
plural vouchers
- 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
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This voucher entitles the bearer to a 20% discount on frozen goods.
Today, clients who cannot afford the reasonable rates are able to join a work-voucher system in which they agree to work for an hour helping the HCHS staff for each hour of service received.
1973 December 8, “The Homophile Health Service”, in Gay Community News, volume 1, number 25, page 7Synonyms: coupon
- 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.
1836, The New Sporting Magazine, (Please provide the book title or journal name), volume 11, page 2271 more example
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.
1852, Herman Melville, Pierre; or The Ambiguities - advertisingA 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.
2014, Nigel Linacre, Advertising for Account Holders (RLE Marketing), page 9 - historicalA mechanical device used in shops for automatically registering the amount of money drawn.
verbvoucher (third-person singular simple present vouchers, present participle vouchering, simple past and past participle vouchered)
present singular third person vouchers · participle present vouchering · participle past vouchered · past vouchered
- transitiveTo establish the authenticity of; to vouch for.
- transitiveTo provide a vouch for (an expenditure).
- transitiveTo provide (a beneficiary) with a voucher.
Synonyms & antonyms
nounA piece of paper or other token that entitles the holder to a discount, or that can be exchanged for goods and services.
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More synonyms by meaning
nounsomeone who vouches for another or for the correctness of a statement
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Broader
nouna negotiable certificate that can be detached and redeemed as needed
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commercial documentcommercial instrument
Synonym sets from Open English WordNet, CC BY 4.0.
Origin
From vouch + -er. The verb is from the noun.
Full word history & related roots →Translations
Arabic قَسِيمَة
- قَسِيمَة (qasīma)a piece of paper that entitles the holder to a discount, or that can be exchanged for goods and services
Bulgarian ва́учър, купо́н
- ва́учър (váučăr)a piece of paper that entitles the holder to a discount, or that can be exchanged for goods and services
- купо́н (kupón)a piece of paper that entitles the holder to a discount, or that can be exchanged for goods and services
Catalan val
- vala piece of paper that entitles the holder to a discount, or that can be exchanged for goods and services
Chinese Mandarin 代金券, 礼品券
- 代金券 (dàijīnquàn)a piece of paper that entitles the holder to a discount, or that can be exchanged for goods and services
- 礼品券 (lǐpǐnquàn)a piece of paper that entitles the holder to a discount, or that can be exchanged for goods and services
Czech kupón, lístek
- kupóna piece of paper that entitles the holder to a discount, or that can be exchanged for goods and services
- lísteka piece of paper that entitles the holder to a discount, or that can be exchanged for goods and services
- poukaza piece of paper that entitles the holder to a discount, or that can be exchanged for goods and services
Danish rabatkupon, kupon
- rabatkupona piece of paper that entitles the holder to a discount, or that can be exchanged for goods and services
- kupona piece of paper that entitles the holder to a discount, or that can be exchanged for goods and services
Dutch (tegoed)bon, waardebon
- (tegoed)bona piece of paper that entitles the holder to a discount, or that can be exchanged for goods and services
- waardebona piece of paper that entitles the holder to a discount, or that can be exchanged for goods and services
- waardechequea piece of paper that entitles the holder to a discount, or that can be exchanged for goods and services
Finnish kuponki, seteli
- kuponkia piece of paper that entitles the holder to a discount, or that can be exchanged for goods and services
- setelia piece of paper that entitles the holder to a discount, or that can be exchanged for goods and services
- vouchera piece of paper that entitles the holder to a discount, or that can be exchanged for goods and services
French bon d’échange, bon
- bon d’échangea piece of paper that entitles the holder to a discount, or that can be exchanged for goods and services
- bona piece of paper that entitles the holder to a discount, or that can be exchanged for goods and services
- coupona piece of paper that entitles the holder to a discount, or that can be exchanged for goods and services
German Gutschein
- Gutscheina piece of paper that entitles the holder to a discount, or that can be exchanged for goods and services
Hebrew שׁוֹבָר
- שׁוֹבָר (shovár)a piece of paper that entitles the holder to a discount, or that can be exchanged for goods and services
Hungarian kupon, bon
- kupona piece of paper that entitles the holder to a discount, or that can be exchanged for goods and services
- bona piece of paper that entitles the holder to a discount, or that can be exchanged for goods and services
Indonesian voucer
- voucera piece of paper that entitles the holder to a discount, or that can be exchanged for goods and services
Italian buono, coupon
- buonoa piece of paper that entitles the holder to a discount, or that can be exchanged for goods and services
- coupona piece of paper that entitles the holder to a discount, or that can be exchanged for goods and services
- vouchera piece of paper that entitles the holder to a discount, or that can be exchanged for goods and services
Japanese バウチャー, クーポン
- バウチャー (bauchā)a piece of paper that entitles the holder to a discount, or that can be exchanged for goods and services
- クーポン (kūpon)a piece of paper that entitles the holder to a discount, or that can be exchanged for goods and services
Korean 상품권, 할인권
- 상품권 (sangpumgwon)a piece of paper that entitles the holder to a discount, or that can be exchanged for goods and services
- 할인권 (harin'gwon)a piece of paper that entitles the holder to a discount, or that can be exchanged for goods and services
- 쿠폰 (kupon)a piece of paper that entitles the holder to a discount, or that can be exchanged for goods and services
- 바우처 (baucheo)a piece of paper that entitles the holder to a discount, or that can be exchanged for goods and services
Malay baucar
- baucara piece of paper that entitles the holder to a discount, or that can be exchanged for goods and services
Norwegian kupong
- kuponga piece of paper that entitles the holder to a discount, or that can be exchanged for goods and services
Polish talon
- talona piece of paper that entitles the holder to a discount, or that can be exchanged for goods and services
Portuguese vale, voucher
- valea piece of paper that entitles the holder to a discount, or that can be exchanged for goods and services
- vouchera piece of paper that entitles the holder to a discount, or that can be exchanged for goods and services
Romanian voucher
- vouchera piece of paper that entitles the holder to a discount, or that can be exchanged for goods and services
Russian ва́учер, купо́н
- ва́учер (váučer)a piece of paper that entitles the holder to a discount, or that can be exchanged for goods and services
- купо́н (kupón)a piece of paper that entitles the holder to a discount, or that can be exchanged for goods and services
- тало́н (talón)a piece of paper that entitles the holder to a discount, or that can be exchanged for goods and services
Spanish cupón, vale
- cupóna piece of paper that entitles the holder to a discount, or that can be exchanged for goods and services
- valea piece of paper that entitles the holder to a discount, or that can be exchanged for goods and services
- váuchera piece of paper that entitles the holder to a discount, or that can be exchanged for goods and services
- vouchera piece of paper that entitles the holder to a discount, or that can be exchanged for goods and services
Swahili vocha
- vochaa piece of paper that entitles the holder to a discount, or that can be exchanged for goods and services
Swedish rabattkupong, kupong
- rabattkuponga piece of paper that entitles the holder to a discount, or that can be exchanged for goods and services
- kuponga piece of paper that entitles the holder to a discount, or that can be exchanged for goods and services
Turkish kupon, makbuz
- kupona piece of paper that entitles the holder to a discount, or that can be exchanged for goods and services
- makbuza piece of paper that entitles the holder to a discount, or that can be exchanged for goods and services
- fişa piece of paper that entitles the holder to a discount, or that can be exchanged for goods and services
- seneta piece of paper that entitles the holder to a discount, or that can be exchanged for goods and services
Ukrainian ва́учер, купо́н
- ва́учер (váučer)a piece of paper that entitles the holder to a discount, or that can be exchanged for goods and services
- купо́н (kupón)a piece of paper that entitles the holder to a discount, or that can be exchanged for goods and services
- тало́н (talón)a piece of paper that entitles the holder to a discount, or that can be exchanged for goods and services
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APA
voucher. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 2, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/voucher
MLA
“voucher.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/voucher. Accessed November 2, 2026.
Chicago
WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “voucher,” accessed November 2, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/voucher.
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