COUPON • DICCIONARIO INGLES.COM • Definition of Coupon

Add this Dictionary
to your website!
See more options...

/kˈupˌɔn/ /kjˈupˌɔn/ Listen

noun

Coupon n.

1.

(Com.) 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.

2.

A section of a ticket, showing the holder to be entitled to some specified accomodation or service, as to a passage over a designated line of travel, a particular seat in a theater, or the like.

3.

A ticket or form allowing the bearer to purchase a specific quantity of rationed goods; such coupons are typically issued by a governmental agency.

4.

A printed form, often distributed as part of an advertisement, entitling the bearer to purchase a specific item of merchandise at a discount; or, a similar form which may be submitted to the issuer to obtain goods or information. Such coupons may be issued by the manufacturer (manufacturer's coupon) or by a retail establishment; in the latter case they may then be redeemed only at that particular retail store.

See images of 'Coupon'

Etymology of 'Coupon'

Collaborative International Dictionary of English 0.48

Share |

"Coupon" Quotes from Famous Books

... a balanced budget and reorienting exports to the EU. Inflation and unemployment of 8.7% and 3.3% respectively in 1996 are among the lowest in the region. Prague's mass privatization program, including its innovative distribution of ownership shares to Czech citizens via "coupon vouchers," has made the most rapid progress in Eastern Europe. About 80% of the economy is in private hands or is partially privatized. The Czech Republic appears to be the East European frontrunner in economic integration with the West; for example, in 1996 it began to strengthen ...

— The 1997 CIA World Factbook • United States. Central Intelligence Agency.

... remarked to Jolnes as he raised the piece of theatre programme to his nose, "but it seems to me that instead of a ring having been wrapped in this paper it was one of those round peppermint drops. And this piece with the address on it looks to me like the end of a seat coupon—No. ...

— Sixes and Sevens • O. Henry

... organizations were collecting, counting, pasting and classifying the lists. Since then five other States have gone to work. Letters were written to all the newspapers in the four equal suffrage States asking the insertion of a coupon petition and these coupons brought in the names of many friends who could not otherwise be reached and who were enthusiastic workers for the petition. Others to the Age of Reason and Wilshire's Magazine brought hundreds of willing workers. Letters were sent in every ...

— The History of Woman Suffrage, Volume V • Ida Husted Harper

... of giving away a "farm coupon" with every number may avert trouble for a time, but it will be only for a time. The reader will need a farm, on which to spread out and peruse his purchase; but the world is small, and land has not the self-inflating quality ...

— Modern Eloquence: Vol III, After-Dinner Speeches P-Z • Various

... she had also hidden in a roll, and passed the coupon to Korableva. Korableva accepted it, though she could not read, trusting to Khoroshavka, who knew everything, and who said that the slip of paper was worth 2 roubles 50 copecks, then climbed up to the ventilator, where she had hidden a small flask of vodka. Seeing this, the women whose places ...

— Resurrection • Count Leo Tolstoy

Copyright © 2025 Diccionario ingles.com