Voucher vs Coupon - What's the difference?
Coupon is a synonym of voucher. Voucher is a synonym of coupon. As nouns the difference between voucher and coupon is that voucher is a piece of paper that entitles the holder to a discount, or that can be exchanged for goods and services while coupon is (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. As a verb voucher is to establish the authenticity of; to vouch for.
voucher
English
Noun
(en noun )
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.
* 1836 , The New Sporting Magazine (volume 11, page 227)
- 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.
Synonyms
* (piece of paper that entitles the holder to a discount) coupon
Derived terms
* gift voucher
Verb
(en verb )
To establish the authenticity of; to vouch for.
To provide a vouch for (an expenditure).
To provide (a beneficiary) with a voucher.
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coupon
Noun
(en noun )
(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.
(finance) Any interest payment made or due on a bond, debenture or similar (no longer by a physical coupon).
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.
(Scotland) The face.
Synonyms
* (section of a ticket giving the holder some entitlement ): voucher
Derived terms
* couponer
* couponing
* zero coupon bond
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