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noun

Voucher n.

1.

One who vouches, or gives witness or full attestation, to anything. "Will his vouchers vouch him no more?" "The great writers of that age stand up together as vouchers for one another's reputation."

2.

A book, paper, or document which serves to vouch the truth of accounts, or to confirm and establish facts of any kind; also, any acquittance or receipt showing the payment of a debt; as, the merchant's books are his vouchers for the correctness of his accounts; notes, bonds, receipts, and other writings, are used as vouchers in proving facts.

3.

(Law)

(a)

The act of calling in a person to make good his warranty of title in the old form of action for the recovery of lands.

(b)

The tenant in a writ of right; one who calls in another to establish his warranty of title. In common recoveries, there may be a single voucher or double vouchers.

4.

A document attesting to a credit against certain defined expenditures; a recipt for prepayment; often used in pre-arranged travel plans, to provide evidence of pre-payment of the cost of lodging, transportation, or meals.

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"Voucher" Quotes from Famous Books

... hand, President YEL'TSIN's government has made substantial strides in converting to a market economy since launching its economic reform program in January 1992 by freeing nearly all prices, slashing defense spending, eliminating the old centralized distribution system, completing an ambitious voucher privatization program in 1994, establishing private financial institutions, and decentralizing foreign trade. On the other hand, Russia has made little progress in a number of key areas that are needed to provide a solid foundation for ...

— The 1996 CIA Factbook • United States. Central Intelligence Agency.

... exchange of foreign moneys; but that is a mere incidental. His first visitor this morning presents a kind of letter of credit from a correspondent in Syracuse calling for one hundred drachme. "Your voucher?" asks Nicanor. The stranger produces the half of a coin broken in two across the middle. The proprietor draws a similar half coin from a chest. The parts match exactly, and the money is paid on the spot. the next ...

— A Day In Old Athens • William Stearns Davis

... of the epistle, brief, business-like, and to the point. But having thus entered a voucher for his manhood, and, as it were, won the right to speak further, on the second page there was a ...

— The Evolution of Dodd • William Hawley Smith

... off before day. Here are your commission and instructions, by which you will see that your subalterns are to be of your own appointing. Good-night, and God speed you on your way. Remember that we expect much of you, and that I stand voucher for your good conduct. And remember, also, my dear fellow," added the speaker, in a low, confidential tone, "that the interests of your fair friend could ...

— The Rangers - [Subtitle: The Tory's Daughter] • D. P. Thompson

... University—one of the seven of the Empire, etc. But we had enough of it all after two or three hours, and were glad to shun the heat of the rest of the day in the cool sitting-room of Commonen's Hotel, which alone may be taken as a voucher for the high degree of ...

— Russia - As Seen and Described by Famous Writers • Various

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