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voucher

/ˈvaʊtʃər/

/ˈvaʊtʃə/

Other forms: vouchers

A voucher is a certificate or document that either allows you to purchase something or proves that you paid for something. A voucher is sometimes valuable.

When you can vouch for someone, you're willing to recommend them and say they're a good person. A voucher does something similar. For many workers, a voucher is a receipt that proves they spent money on something, like travel, which their company will later pay for. A voucher is also a type of coupon that allows you to purchase something for less or no money, even tuition to a school. Both types of vouchers allow you to save money.

Definitions of voucher
  1. noun
    someone who vouches for another or for the correctness of a statement
    synonyms: verifier
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    type of:
    admirer, booster, champion, friend, protagonist, supporter
    a person who backs a politician or a team etc.
  2. noun
    a negotiable certificate that can be detached and redeemed as needed
    synonyms: coupon
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    types:
    book token
    a gift voucher that can be exchanged for books costing up to an amount given on the voucher
    luncheon voucher, meal ticket
    coupon redeemable at a restaurant and entitling the holder to a meal
    twofer
    a coupon that allows the holder to purchase two items (as two tickets to a play) for the price of one
    type of:
    commercial document, commercial instrument
    a document of or relating to commerce
  3. noun
    a document that serves as evidence of some expenditure
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    type of:
    document, papers, written document
    writing that provides information (especially information of an official nature)
Pronunciation
US

/ˈvaʊtʃər/

UK

/ˈvaʊtʃə/

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