coupon

English Online Dictionary. What means coupon‎? What does coupon mean?

English

Etymology

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

Pronunciation

• (UK) IPA^(key): /ˈkuːˌpɒn/, /ˈkuːpən/, (imitating French) /ˈkuːˌpɔ̃/
• (US) IPA^(key): /ˈkuːˌpɑn/, /ˈkjuːˌpɑn/
  • (Inland Northern American) IPA^(key): [ˈkʰuˌpan], [ˈkj̥uˌpan]
• (Ireland) IPA^(key): /ˈkʉuˌpɒn/
  • (Dublin) IPA^(key): /ˈkʲuːˌpɑn/
• (Hong Kong, Philippines) IPA^(key): /ˈkjuːˌpɔn/, /ˈkuːˌpɔn/

Noun

coupon (plural coupons)

1. 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.
2. A voucher issued by a manufacturer or retailer which offers a discount on a particular product.
3. (finance, 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.
4. (finance) Any interest payment made or due on a bond, debenture or similar (no longer by a physical coupon).
5. (UK politics, historical) The letter sent to parliamentary candidates at the 1918 general election, endorsing them as official representatives of the coalition government.
6. (Scotland) A person's face.
7. (manufacturing) A small sample of a bulk material, prepared so that test failure will be representative.

Synonyms

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

Derived terms

Translations

Verb

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

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.

Derived terms

• couponer, couponner
• couponing, couponning

Anagrams

• uncoop

Chinese

Alternative forms

• qpon

Etymology

From English coupon.

Pronunciation

Noun

coupon

1. (Hong Kong Cantonese) coupon (discount voucher) (Classifier: 張／张 c)

French

Etymology

From couper +‎ -on.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ku.pɔ̃/

Noun

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.

Descendants

References

Further reading

• “coupon”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.