coupon

Meaning

Noun

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. (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. Any interest payment made or due on a bond, debenture or similar (no longer by a physical coupon).
5. The letter sent to parliamentary candidates at the 1918 general election, endorsing them as official representatives of the coalition government.
6. A person's face.
7. 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.

Synonyms

voucher

ticket

🎫

note

bill

receipt

🧾

bond

warrant

slip

test block

coupon yield

cut out

dividend

docket

gift coupon

interest

stub

talon

token

trading stamp

test piece

cum coupon

ablactation

test-piece

alive

banknote

bulletin

card

certificate

check

chip

chipping

counterfoil

Pronounced as (IPA)

/ˈkuːˌpɒn/

Etymology

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