VOUCHER

coupon, voucher

(noun) a negotiable certificate that can be detached and redeemed as needed

voucher

(noun) a document that serves as evidence of some expenditure

voucher, verifier

(noun) someone who vouches for another or for the correctness of a statement

Source: WordNet® 3.1


Etymology

Noun

voucher (plural vouchers)

A piece of paper that entitles the holder to a discount, or that can be exchanged for goods and services.

A receipt.

One who or that which vouches.

(advertising) A copy of a published advertisement sent by the agency to the client as proof of publication.

(historical) A mechanical device used in shops for automatically registering the amount of money drawn.

Synonyms

• (piece of paper that entitles the holder to a discount): coupon

Verb

voucher (third-person singular simple present vouchers, present participle vouchering, simple past and past participle vouchered)

(transitive) To establish the authenticity of; to vouch for.

(transitive) To provide a vouch for (an expenditure).

(transitive) To provide (a beneficiary) with a voucher.

Source: Wiktionary


Vouch"er, n.

1. One who vouches, or gives witness or full attestation, to anything. Will his vouchers vouch him no more Shak. The great writers of that age stand up together as vouchers for one another's reputation. Spectator.

2. A book, paper, or document which serves to vouch the truth of accounts, or to confirm and establish facts of any kind; also, any acquittance or receipt showing the payment of a debt; as, the merchant's books are his vouchers for the correctness of his accounts; notes, bonds, receipts, and other writings, are used as vouchers in proving facts.

3. (Law) (a) The act of calling in a person to make good his warranty of title in the old form of action for the recovery of lands. (b) The tenant in a writ of right; one who calls in another to establish his warranty of title. In common recoveries, there may be a single voucher or double vouchers. Blackstone.

Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition



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