coupon
a portion of a certificate, ticket, label, advertisement, or the like, set off from the main body by dotted lines or the like to emphasize its separability, entitling the holder to something, as a gift or discount, or for use as an order blank, a contest entry form, etc.
a separate certificate, ticket, etc., for the same purpose.
Finance. one of a number of small detachable certificates calling for periodic interest payments on a bearer bond.: Compare coupon bond.
Metallurgy. a sample of metal or metalwork submitted to a customer or testing agency for approval.
Origin of coupon
1pronunciation note For coupon
Other words from coupon
- cou·pon·less, adjective
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How to use coupon in a sentence
Everyone who entered received mobile coupons for savings on PepsiCo products.
Coupons basically serve two purposes: advertising, and price discrimination.
Coupons basically serve two functions for businesses--advertising, and price discrimination.
To compound this problem, merchants can alienate their existing customers by offering coupons.
The store has even printed coupons onto the transit passes, meaning that you can kind of shop and subway it at the same time.
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He believed that all the classes had to do was to clip coupons, cash them and ride around the country in Pullman palace cars.
The Iron Puddler | James J. DavisThat each patriot, on leaving it, shall receive from the public treasury the sum of five francs, or an equivalent in coupons.
Tales from Blackwood | VariousThat the Provisional Government does not recognise coupons as a national medium of exchange.
Tales from Blackwood | VariousOf course scholarship doesnt pay, but if I leave you a few good bonds, probably you can clip the coupons while you last.
Atlantic Narratives | Mary AntinRailway coupons have usurped the place of the cue and the dice-box, and the greedy passion finds an outlet in Capel Court.
British Dictionary definitions for coupon
/ (ˈkuːpɒn) /
a detachable part of a ticket or advertisement entitling the holder to a discount, free gift, etc
a detachable slip usable as a commercial order form
a voucher given away with certain goods, a certain number of which are exchangeable for goods offered by the manufacturers
one of a number of detachable certificates attached to a bond, esp a bearer bond, the surrender of which entitles the bearer to receive interest payments
one of several detachable cards used for making hire-purchase payments
a ticket issued to facilitate rationing
British a detachable entry form for any of certain competitions, esp football pools
Origin of coupon
1Collins English Dictionary - Complete & Unabridged 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012
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