(n.) 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.
(n.) 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.
Example Sentences:
(1) The probability of finding a contaminated coupon in any pack after 50 weeks was 0.018.
(2) After disappointing performances from games group Zynga and coupon network Groupon, Facebook may prefer to avoid a fall in the weeks after it goes public by pricing at the lower end of expectations.
(3) Patients were asked to complete a questionnaire and given a coupon that could be exchanged for 3 regular and 3 lubricated condoms.
(4) For example, buy a £50 gift card at Morrisons to spend in Topshop, Next or H&M and you get a coupon for 5p off each litre of fuel.
(5) During two of the intervention procedures used in the additive design, the patient could earn coupon booklets from the hospital commissary if his daily average urine sugar levels were less than a set criterion.
(6) Children and parents in schools 1 and 2 received literature about bicycle safety and discount coupons for helmet purchase.
(7) "With the ability to print travel tickets, e-coupons for discounts, and even your Facebook gallery, all can be done wirelessly via smartphones and tablets if your printer has this facility."
(8) No significant differences were found between pigmented or clear coupons which contained moisture.
(9) From the above results, the inclusion of a fourth stage is suggested for further studies where the application of economy of coupons would gradually disappear until a desired behavior is maintained.
(10) The recent advent of new advertising campaigns for infant formulas aimed at the general public via television commercials, newspapers, free formula coupons, and lay periodicals has disrupted a comfortable symbiotic relationship between infant food manufacturers and the medical profession that has endured for more than 50 years.
(11) Do you want people to turn off the lights because they will get a coupon or because they have some ethical, environmental concerns?
(12) "My sister lives in Italy and here local supermarket has a very inviting offer on: do a big shop there on the day of an Italy match, and if Italy win the game you will be given a coupon for the amount that you spent, entitling you to free goods of the same value next time you come," warbles Peter Jenkins.
(13) All participants completed the AIDS Knowledge Questionnaire-Revised, the AIDS Attitude Survey, a self-report measure of condom use and received a coupon that could be exchanged for free condoms from the hospital pharmacy.
(14) The government will also provide around 40bn yuan in coupons to allow farmers to buy appliances, farm machinery, cars and motorbikes as part of an attempt to stimulate domestic consumption.
(15) The company sells coupons offering discounts, taking a cut in any money the business makes.
(16) A pattern was detected for all test groups of early initial bone ingrowth by two weeks, which became maximal at six to twelve weeks, followed by remodelling to a more mature lamellar bone and later resorption by 24 weeks, with fibrous tissue interfaces covering the smooth test coupons of all groups at all times.
(17) Seventy-six white and black low-income families were interviewed weekly during 1 month to determine how much they spent on food using Food Stamps, WIC coupons, and cash and how much additional food they obtained from different food and meals programs.
(18) (1.27-cm)-square stainless-steel coupons, and coupons were suspended in the centrifuge chamber, the space between the refrigeration can and the barrier ring (inner gap), and the space between the barrier ring and the vacuum ring (outer gap).
(19) There is no maximum spend on gift cards (redeemable at more than 50 different retailers) but the coupons last only 63 days from the date of issue.
(20) Coupons offering $10 off at Radioshack, a retailer that announced the closure of up to 1,100 stores last year , are still scattered about the tile floors.
Debenture
Definition:
(n.) A writing acknowledging a debt; a writing or certificate signed by a public officer, as evidence of a debt due to some person; the sum thus due.
(n.) A customhouse certificate entitling an exporter of imported goods to a drawback of duties paid on their importation.
Example Sentences:
(1) Although the investments will typically run for 20 or 25 years, if you want to get your money out before the end date, Davis says there will be an eBay-style bulletin board on the website allowing investors to sell their debentures for a mutually agreeable price to a willing buyer.
(2) The original investment is paid back over the lifetime of the debenture or as a lump sum at maturity.
(3) Those who put their money in will be buying debentures, which are like official IOUs issued by the individual energy projects.