What's the difference between coupon and voucher?

Coupon


Definition:

  • (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.

Voucher


Definition:

  • (n.) One who vouches, or gives witness or full attestation, to anything.
  • (n.) 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.
  • (n.) 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.
  • (n.) 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.

Example Sentences:

  • (1) "It will strike consumers as unfair that whilst the company is still trading, they are unable to use gift cards and vouchers," he said.
  • (2) Tesco uniforms can be bought through the supermarket's Clubcard Boost scheme, where £5 in Clubcard vouchers equals a £10 spend on clothing, while Asda is offering free delivery on uniform purchases of over £25.
  • (3) She told me the only time the vouchers had been sent was at the original order and she did not know why they had not been received.
  • (4) Local authorities were tasked to ensure adequate numbers of affordable childcare places, which was swiftly followed by statutory paternity leave, maternity pay, childcare vouchers and – perhaps most crucially of all – wider social acceptance of the link between childcare and employment.
  • (5) From April working mothers and fathers can receive help through the child care tax credit worth up to £240 a week or, with the support of their employers, through the employers child care voucher.
  • (6) Passengers who have paid but choose not to travel due to this service disruption can receive a refund or a voucher for future travel,” the operator said.
  • (7) The so-called “Section 8” voucher scheme, which pays two thirds of the rent in private apartments for qualifying low-income residents, was frozen in 2010, cutting off hope for new applicants and those waiting for housing, after federal funding was pulled and the city could not close the budget gap.
  • (8) The Trussell Trust has provided through its network of food banks emergency assistance for over 500,000 people since 2013 who are in financial crisis, who are going hungry who have been referred by more than 23,000 different professionals holding vouchers.
  • (9) Outlining his transport manifesto, the Labour candidate launched a "London Travel Voucher" which promises "£1,000 off London Tube, bus and Overground" and which he said will only be valid if he is elected as London mayor.
  • (10) His comments came as voucher experts said consumers have probably lost at least £100m in now worthless HMV vouchers.
  • (11) One voter chosen at random will receive £150 worth of gift vouchers for Nigel’s Eco Store.
  • (12) This is different from the current voucher scheme where help can be claimed even if only one of two parents is employed.
  • (13) In Nassau County, New York, in 1989 a voucher process was created to allow service users to develop individualized support networks by purchasing services directly and by pooling funds to start new services.
  • (14) No relation to Ann Widdecombe 1 Advent calendar Receiving it on Christmas Day makes me 100% confident I won't be facing the disappointment of finishing it too early 2 Nog I don't like eggs but I love a bit of eggnog, think how good nog would be without the eggs holding it back 3 WH Smith's voucher Keep in my wallet for guilt free hours of magazine browsing all year round 4 Quality Street Always have a present you can instantly re-wrap and give to someone else 5 Bath bomb Take cover!
  • (15) They helped pass Michigan’s first charter school law , pushed a failed Michigan school voucher referendum , helped get hundreds of pro-voucher and charter candidates for public office elected, proliferated charters , weakened teachers unions by advocating for right-to-work legislation in Michigan and warded off a proposed Detroit charter oversight commission in a state where 80% are run for profit with minimal accountability.
  • (16) Where families were in need, vouchers had been made available to help parents buy necessary uniform, with additional assistance for shoes.
  • (17) For each species listed, the family, the botanical name, the voucher specimen number, the vernacular name, the pharmacological and therapeutical properties are given.
  • (18) Q has upped his gadget game Facebook Twitter Pinterest The brooding and sombre Skyfall scored a few points for post-modern playfulness via its introductory scene for the new Q, in which Ben Whishaw might as well have offered Bond a couple of Netflix vouchers and a year’s subscription to Cosmopolitan for all the wow factor his proffered “gadgets” achieved.
  • (19) But that was still well ahead of expectations and Lewis said that during the previous year Tesco had been issuing a lot of discount vouchers.
  • (20) Then, having stopped their benefits so they can't buy food, the same agency gives claimants a food bank voucher.