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voucher

/ˈvaʊt͡ʃə(ɹ)/

voucher 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

voucher (plural vouchers)

  1. A piece of paper or other token that entitles the holder to a discount, or that can be exchanged for goods and services.
    • a voucher for a free kettle
    • This voucher entitles the bearer to a 20% discount on frozen goods.
    Synonyms:
    coupon
  2. A receipt.
  3. One who or that which vouches.
    • 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.1836, The New Sporting Magazine, (Please provide the book title or journal name), volume 11, page 227
    • 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.1852, Herman Melville, Pierre; or The Ambiguities
  4. A copy of a published advertisement sent by the agency to the client as proof of publication.
    • 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.2014, Nigel Linacre, Advertising for Account Holders (RLE Marketing), page 9
  5. (historical) A mechanical device used in shops for automatically registering the amount of money drawn.

Verb

voucher (third-person singular simple present vouchers, present participle vouchering, simple past and past participle vouchered)

  1. (transitive) To establish the authenticity of; to vouch for.
  2. (transitive) To provide a vouch for (an expenditure).
  3. (transitive) To provide (a beneficiary) with a voucher.

voucher meaning in Hindi, Tamil, Marathi and Urdu

voucher in Hindi

वाउचर, वाऊचर, वाउचर करना

voucher in Tamil

செலவுச் சான்று, செலவுச்சான்று, சான்றுச்சீட்டு, சான்று ஆவணங்கள்

voucher in Marathi

व्हाउचर, व्हाऊचर, वाउचर

voucher in Urdu

رسید, شاہد, تصدیق ادائیگی, وثیقہ
More languagesFewer languages
voucher in Bengali
ভাউচার, ভাউসার, ভাউচার করার জন্য
voucher in Telugu
వోచర్
voucher in Malayalam
പ്രമാണപത്രം, തുല്യമൂല്യപത്രം, സാക്ഷ്യപ്പെടുത്തുന്നയാൾ, രസീത്
voucher in Kannada
ರಶೀತಿ, ದಾಖಲೆ, ಪಾವತಿ, ಸಂದ ಚೀಟಿ
voucher in Punjabi
ਵਾਊਚਰ, ਵਾਉਚਰ, ਵੋਊਚਰ
voucher in Gujarati
વાઉચર, વોઉચર
voucher in Odia
ଭାଉଚର୍, ଭାଉଚର
voucher in Nepali
भाउचर, वाउचर
voucher in Arabic
قَسِيمَة qasīma
voucher in Malay
baucar
voucher in Indonesian
voucer

Examples of voucher in a sentence

  • Three contestants will win awards, but the last prize is just a book voucher.
  • The vouchers are redeemable against West End shows and theatre breaks.
  • This voucher entitles you to a free drink on the house.

All 24 example sentences with voucher

Synonyms of voucher

Forms of voucher

Noun
pluralvouchers
Verb
third-person singular presentvouchers
present participlevouchering
past participlevouchered
pastvouchered

Plural of voucher: vouchers

Origin of voucher

From vouch + -er. The verb is from the noun.

Words formed from voucher

Phrases with voucher

Words that rhyme with voucher

Questions about voucher

What does voucher mean?
Voucher means a piece of paper or other token that entitles the holder to a discount, or that can be exchanged for goods and services.
What is voucher in Hindi?
Voucher in Hindi is वाउचर, वाऊचर, वाउचर करना. See Voucher meaning in Hindi.
What part of speech is voucher?
Voucher can be a noun or a verb.
How do you pronounce voucher?
Voucher is pronounced /ˈvaʊt͡ʃə(ɹ)/.
What is the plural of voucher?
The plural of voucher is vouchers.

Words near voucher in the dictionary

  1. vouchable
  2. vouched
  3. vouched for
  4. vouchee
  5. vouchees
  6. voucher
  7. vouchered
  8. Vouchergate
  9. vouchering
  10. voucherless
  11. vouchers

Source and license

Adapted from Wiktionary: voucher (page history and authors); voucher (Hindi, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); voucher (Tamil Wiktionary) (page history and authors); voucher (Marathi, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); voucher (Urdu Wiktionary) (page history and authors); voucher (Bengali, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); voucher (Telugu, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); voucher (Malayalam Wiktionary) (page history and authors); voucher (Kannada Wiktionary) (page history and authors); voucher (Punjabi, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); voucher (Gujarati, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); voucher (Odia, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); voucher (Nepali, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

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