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voucher

noun
/ˈvaʊt͡ʃə(ɹ)/

Etymology

From vouch + -er. The verb is from the noun.

  1. derived from *wekʷ-✻ — “to sound out; to speak”
  2. derived from voco — “to call, summon; to call upon, invoke; to designate, name; to bring or put (into a condition or state”
  3. derived from *vocico✻
  4. derived from vochier — “to call, summon; to claim; to call upon, invoke; to denounce”
  5. derived from vochier
  6. inherited from vouchen — “to call, summon; to provide; to make available, proffer; to affirm, declare formally”
  7. suffixed as voucher — “vouch + er”

Definitions

  1. A piece of paper or other token that entitles the holder to a discount, or that can be…

    A piece of paper or other token that entitles the holder to a discount, or that can be exchanged for goods and services.

    • a voucher for a free kettle
    • This voucher entitles the bearer to a 20% discount on frozen goods.
    • Today, clients who cannot afford the reasonable rates are able to join a work-voucher system in which they agree to work for an hour helping the HCHS staff for each hour of service received.

  2. A receipt.

  3. One who or that which vouches.

    • To the fashionable world he cannot be a stranger […] and his having married a sister of the Duke of Leeds is a voucher for my assertion.
  4. ›+ 5 more definitions

    1. A copy of a published advertisement sent by the agency to the client as proof of…

      A copy of a published advertisement sent by the agency to the client as proof of publication.

    2. A mechanical device used in shops for automatically registering the amount of money drawn.

    3. To establish the authenticity of

      To establish the authenticity of; to vouch for.

    4. To provide a vouch for (an expenditure).

    5. To provide (a beneficiary) with a voucher.

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Derived

e-gift voucher, e-voucher, force the voucher, gift voucher, luncheon voucher, meal voucher, milk voucher, school voucher

Vish — recursive loop

A definitional loop anchored at voucher. Each word in the ring is defined by the next; follow the chain far enough and it folds back on itself. Scroll to it and watch.

01voucher02goods03good04capability05token

A definitional loop anchored at voucher. Each word in the ring appears in the definition of the next; follow the chain far enough and it folds back on itself.

5 hops · closes at voucher

curated · pre-corpus. live cycle detection across the full graph is the next major milestone.

sense glosses and etymology drawn from English Wiktionary · source · CC-BY-SA