voucher
/ˈvaʊt͡ʃə(ɹ)/
Word Rarity
Rare
Frequency: Zipf frequency 3.47 in modern English
15
Scrabble Score
7
Letters
2
Syllables
7
Unique Chars
Meaning
noun
A piece of paper or other token that entitles the holder to a discount, or that can be exchanged for goods and services.
noun
A receipt.
noun
One who or that which vouches.
noun
A copy of a published advertisement sent by the agency to the client as proof of publication.
noun
A mechanical device used in shops for automatically registering the amount of money drawn.
Example Sentences
- "a voucher for a free kettle"
- "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."
- "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."
- "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."
- "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."