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voucher

[ vou-cher ]

noun

  1. a person or thing that vouches.
  2. a document, receipt, stamp, or the like, that gives evidence of an expenditure.
  3. a form authorizing a disbursement of cash or a credit against a purchase or expense to be made in the future.
  4. a written authorization.
  5. a piece of evidence or proof.
  6. Early English Law.
    1. a person called into court to warrant another's title.
    2. the act of vouching another person to make good a warranty.


verb (used with object)

  1. to pay for, guarantee, or authorize by voucher.
  2. to prepare a voucher for.

voucher

/ ˈvaʊtʃə /

noun

  1. a document serving as evidence for some claimed transaction, as the receipt or expenditure of money
  2. a ticket or card serving as a substitute for cash

    a gift voucher

  3. a person or thing that vouches for the truth of some statement, etc
  4. any of certain documents that various groups of British nationals born outside Britain must obtain in order to settle in Britain
  5. obsolete.
    English law
    1. the summoning into court of a person to warrant a title to property
    2. the person so summoned
“Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged” 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012


voucher

  1. A credit of a certain monetary value that can be used only for a specified purpose, such as to pay for housing or for food. Food stamps are a kind of voucher.


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Notes

Some economists believe that goods and services supplied by the government would be provided more efficiently if vouchers that could be spent only on such goods and services were given to citizens, and private business competed to provide those goods and services.
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Other Words From

  • vouch·er·a·ble adjective
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Word History and Origins

Origin of voucher1

First recorded in 1525–35; from Anglo-French voucher “to vouch”; originally a French infinitive used as noun but now taken as verb vouch + -er 1
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Word History and Origins

Origin of voucher1

C16: from Anglo-French, noun use of Old French voucher to summon; see vouch
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Example Sentences

Angela Blacker, from Broseley in Shropshire, received the same voucher as Mr Devlin, as a present for her 60th birthday.

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The retired head teacher received the voucher as a Christmas gift last year, but was told Purnell's was closed when he tried to book a table.

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Therese Roberts, a retired marketing worker from Coventry, said she bought £500 worth of vouchers for her children last Christmas, before also spending money on a £250 voucher for a friend.

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In Nebraska, voters also chose to repeal a school voucher program that the Legislature had passed.

Metrolink provided passengers a $50 rideshare voucher to help them get to their destinations.

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