coupon

From French coupon, from couper (“to cut”).

• (UK) IPA^(key): /ˈkuːˌpɒn/
• (US) IPA^(key): /ˈkuːˌpɑn/, /ˈkjuːˌpɑn/

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coupon (plural coupons)

1. (obsolete) 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. (finance) Any interest payment made or due on a bond, debenture or similar (no longer by a physical coupon).
3. A section of a ticket, showing the holder to be entitled to some specified accommodation or service, as to a passage over a designated line of travel, a particular seat in a theater, a discount, etc.
4. (Scotland) The face.
5. A voucher issued by a manufacturer or retailer which offers a discount on a particular product.

• (section of a ticket giving the holder some entitlement): voucher

• couponer
• couponing
• zero coupon bond

coupon (third-person singular simple present coupons, present participle couponing, simple past and past participle couponed)

1. To use coupons to a such extent that makes the user actively looking for coupons in magazines, online and whatever they can be found.

   Jenna coupons and she goes through three magazines a day to find the coupons.

• couponer
• couponing

• uncoop

couper +‎ -on

• IPA^(key): /ku.pɔ̃/

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coupon m (plural coupons)

1. coupon (certificate of interest due)
2. An oddment or offcut, a short rest of fabric remaining from a bolt (roll) or large piece.[1]

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• “coupon” in le Trésor de la langue française informatisé (The Digitized Treasury of the French Language).