voucher
verbEtymology From vouch + -er. The verb is from the noun.
1
To establish the authenticity of; to vouch for.
2
To provide a vouch for (an expenditure).
3
To provide (a beneficiary) with a voucher.
- Related terms
- vouch
voucher
noun/ˈvaʊt͡ʃə(ɹ)/
Etymology From vouch + -er. The verb is from the noun.
1
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.
1 more example
- 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 7:
2
A receipt.
3
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 227:
- 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:
4
Advertising, Business, Marketing 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.2014, Nigel Linacre, Advertising for Account Holders (RLE Marketing), page 9:
5
Historical A mechanical device used in shops for automatically registering the amount of money drawn.
- Derived terms
- e-gift voucher, e-voucher, force the voucher, gift voucher, luncheon voucher, meal voucher, milk voucher, school voucher