voucher

English

Etymology

vouch +‎ -er

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): /ˈvaʊtʃə(ɹ)/
  • Rhymes: -aʊtʃə(ɹ)

Noun

voucher (plural vouchers)

  1. A piece of paper that entitles the holder to a discount, or that can be exchanged for goods and services.
  2. A receipt.
  3. One who or that which vouches.
    • 1836, The New Sporting Magazine (volume 11, page 227)
      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. (advertising) A copy of a published advertisement sent by the agency to the client as proof of publication.
    • 2014, Nigel Linacre, Advertising for Account Holders (RLE Marketing) (page 9)
      Most agencies also have a vouchers department. It is its responsibility to obtain a copy of every advertisement that appears in print. It supplies the accounts department with the relevant newspaper or magazine, which is affixed to the agency's invoice for the space.
  5. (historical) A mechanical device used in shops for automatically registering the amount of money drawn.

Synonyms
  • (piece of paper that entitles the holder to a discount): coupon

Derived terms

Translations

Verb

voucher (third-person singular simple present vouchers, present participle vouchering, simple past and past participle vouchered)

  1. (transitive) To establish the authenticity of; to vouch for.
  2. (transitive) To provide a vouch for (an expenditure).
  3. (transitive) To provide (a beneficiary) with a voucher.

Italian

Etymology

Borrowed from English voucher.

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): /ˈvau̯.t͡ʃer/, [ˈväu̯t͡ʃer̺]
  • Hyphenation: vou‧cher

Noun

voucher m (invariable)

  1. voucher (piece of paper that entitles the holder to a discount)

Old French

Verb

voucher

  1. Alternative form of vochier

Conjugation

This verb conjugates as a first-group verb ending in -er. In the present tense an extra supporting e is needed in the first-person singular indicative and throughout the singular subjunctive, and the third-person singular subjunctive ending -t is lost. Old French conjugation varies significantly by date and by region. The following conjugation should be treated as a guide.

    Conjugation of voucher (see also Appendix:Old French verbs)
simple compound
infinitive voucher avoir vouché
gerund en vouchant Use the gerund of avoir followed by the past participle
present participle vouchant
past participle vouché
person singular plural
first second third first second third
indicative jo tu il nos vos il
simple
tenses		 present vouche vouches vouche vouchons vouchez vouchent
imperfect vouchoie, voucheie, vouchoe, voucheve vouchoies, voucheies, vouchoes, voucheves vouchoit, voucheit, vouchot, voucheve vouchiiens, vouchiens vouchiiez, vouchiez vouchoient, voucheient, vouchoent, vouchevent
preterite vouchai vouchas voucha vouchames vouchastes voucherent
future voucherai voucheras vouchera voucherons voucheroiz, vouchereiz, voucherez voucheront
conditional voucheroie, vouchereie voucheroies, vouchereies voucheroit, vouchereit voucheriiens, voucheriens voucheriiez, voucheriez voucheroient, vouchereient
compound
tenses		 present perfect Use the present tense of avoir followed by the past participle
pluperfect Use the imperfect tense of avoir followed by the past participle
past anterior Use the preterite tense of avoir followed by the past participle
future perfect Use the future tense of avoir followed by the past participle
conditional perfect Use the conditional tense of avoir followed by the past participle
subjunctive que jo que tu qu’il que nos que vos qu’il
simple
tenses		 present vouche vouches vouche vouchons vouchez vouchent
imperfect vouchasse vouchasses vouchast vouchissons, vouchissiens vouchissoiz, vouchissez, vouchissiez vouchassent
compound
tenses		 past Use the present subjunctive of avoir followed by the past participle
pluperfect Use the imperfect subjunctive of avoir followed by the past participle
imperative – tu – nos vos –
— vouche — vouchons vouchez —

Spanish

Noun

voucher m (plural vouchers or voucher)

  1. voucher
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