coupon
English
/ˈkuːˌpɒn/, /ˈkuːˌpɑn/
noun
Definitions
- 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.
- A voucher issued by a manufacturer or retailer which offers a discount on a particular product.
- (finance) 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).
- (UK) The letter sent to parliamentary candidates at the , endorsing them as official representatives of the coalition government.
- (Scotland) A person's face.
Etymology
Borrowed from French coupon.
Origin
French
coupon
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Distribution of cognates by language
Geogrpahic distribution of cognates
Cognates and derived terms
- couponer English
- couponing English
- couponless English
- e-coupon English
- noncoupon English
- parking English
- parking coupon English
- Coupon German
- couper French
- coupon French
- купон Russian
- kupong Norwegian Bokmål
- kupong Swedish
- クーポン Japanese
- kupong Norwegian Nynorsk
- kupon Danish
- kupon Serbo-Croatian
- купон Serbo-Croatian
- cupó Catalan, Valencian
- คูปอง Thai
- купон Bulgarian
- kupon Crimean Tatar