单词 | coupon |
释义 | coupon (once / 3975 pages) 1n 2n A coupon is a certificate or a voucher that lets you buy something at a discounted price. When you hand the cashier your coupon, he will subtract some amount from your total bill. You can cut coupons out of a newspaper, get them in the mail, or find them online. A restaurant coupon might offer a free beverage when you buy dinner, and a grocery store coupon could give you a five dollar savings on your dog's favorite kind of kibble. The original coupons were used by Coca Cola in the late 1800s — they were vouchers for a free Coke, and they're credited with spreading the soft drink's popularity across the United States. WORD FAMILYcoupon: coupons USAGE EXAMPLES“So for us to be reliant on a coupon and to be at the wrong price, it’s just the wrong thought process.” Wall Street Journal(Dec 27, 2016) With a coupon of 2%, investors were being asked to pay more up front than the total value of future coupon payments and the principal. Wall Street Journal(Dec 27, 2016) This shows that the Frank family got at least some of their food coupons clandestinely from these salesmen. BBC(Dec 16, 2016) 1 n a negotiable certificate that can be detached and redeemed as needed 2Syn|Hypo|Hyper voucher book token a gift voucher that can be exchanged for books costing up to an amount given on the voucher luncheon voucher, meal ticketcoupon redeemable at a restaurant and entitling the holder to a meal twofera coupon that allows the holder to purchase two items (as two tickets to a play) for the price of one commercial document, commercial instrument a document of or relating to commerce n a test sample of some substance Hyper sample a small part of something intended as representative of the whole |
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