coupon

See also: Coupon, cupon, and cupón

English

Etymology

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

Pronunciation

• (UK) IPA^(key): /ˈkuːˌpɒn/, /ˈkuːpən/, (imitating French) /ˈkuːˌpɔ̃/
• (US) IPA^(key): /ˈkuːˌpɑn/, /ˈkjuːˌpɑn/

  • Audio (US):

    (file)

  • (Inland Northern American) IPA^(key): [ˈkʰuˌpan], [ˈkj̥uˌpan]

    • Audio (US, Inland Northern American):

      (file)

• (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

• Catalina coupon
• coupon bond
• coupon code
• couponer
• couponing
• couponless
• coupon queen
• coupon site
• e-coupon
• international reply coupon
• Internet coupon
• noncoupon
• parking coupon
• plot coupon
• ration coupon
• social coupon
• xc
• zero coupon
• zero coupon bond
• zero-coupon note

 

Translations

certificate of interest due

• Arabic: كُوبُون m (kūbōn), كُوبُون m (kupōn), قَسِيمَة شِرائِيَّة f (qasīma širāʔiyya)

  Hijazi Arabic: كوبون m (kūbōn, kūpōn, kōbōn)

• Belarusian: купо́н m (kupón)
• Bulgarian: купо́н (bg) m (kupón)
• French: coupon (fr) m
• German: Kupon (de) m, Coupon (de) m
• Ingrian: kuponi
• Persian: کوپن (fa) (kupon)
• Polish: kupon (pl) m
• Portuguese: cupom m, cupão m
• Russian: купо́н (ru) m (kupón)
• Serbo-Croatian:

  Cyrillic: ку̀по̄н m

  Roman: kùpōn (sh) m

• Tagalog: kupon
• Thai: คูปอง (th) (kuu-bpɔɔng)
• Ukrainian: купо́н m (kupón)

interest payment made or due on a bond

• Belarusian: купо́н m (kupón)
• Bulgarian: купо́н (bg) m (kupón)
• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 優惠券／优惠券 (zh) (yōuhuìquàn), 息票 (zh) (xípiào)

• Czech: kupón m
• Italian: cedola (it) f
• Polish: kupon (pl) m
• Russian: купо́н (ru) m (kupón)
• Swedish: kupong (sv) c
• Thai: คูปอง (th) (kuu-bpɔɔng)
• Ukrainian: купо́н m (kupón)
• Vietnamese: phiếu lãi, lãi suất trái phiếu

section of a ticket giving the holder some entitlement

• Arabic: قَسِيمَة f (qasīma)
• Belarusian: купо́н m (kupón), тало́н m (talón), ва́ўчар m (váŭčar)
• Bulgarian: купо́н (bg) m (kupón)
• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 票證／票证 (zh) (piàozhèng), 配給券／配给券 (pèijǐquàn)

• Cornish: kolpon m
• Czech: kupón m, lístek (cs) m, poukaz m
• Esperanto: kupono
• French: bon (fr) m
• Georgian: კუპონი (ḳuṗoni)
• German: Gutschein (de) m, Coupon (de) m
• Greek: απόκομμα (el) n (apókomma)
• Hungarian: kupon (hu)
• Japanese: クーポン (ja) (kūpon)
• Khmer: បុង (km) (bong)
• Korean: 쿠폰 (kupon)
• Malay: kupon
• Maori: tīkitipati
• Polish: kupon (pl) m, odcinek (pl) m
• Portuguese: cupom m, cupão m (Portugal)
• Russian: купо́н (ru) m (kupón), тало́н (ru) m (talón), ва́учер (ru) m (váučer)
• Swedish: kupong (sv) c
• Thai: คูปอง (th) (kuu-bpɔɔng)
• Ukrainian: купо́н m (kupón), тало́н m (talón), ва́учер (uk) m (váučer)

voucher which offers a discount on a particular product

• Arabic: قَسِيمَة f (qasīma)
• Belarusian: купо́н m (kupón), тало́н m (talón), ва́ўчар m (váŭčar)
• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 優惠券／优惠券 (zh) (yōuhuìquàn, yōuhuìjuàn), 票證／票证 (zh) (piàozhèng)

• Esperanto: kupono
• French: coupon (fr) m, bon (fr) m
• Georgian: კუპონი (ḳuṗoni)
• German: Coupon (de) m
• Ingrian: kuponi
• Japanese: クーポン (ja) (kūpon)
• Khmer: បុង (km) (bong), ខណ្ឌប័ណ្ណ (khan ban)
• Korean: 쿠폰 (kupon)
• Russian: купо́н (ru) m (kupón), тало́н (ru) m (talón), ва́учер (ru) m (váučer)
• Thai: คูปอง (th) (kuu-bpɔɔng)
• Ukrainian: купо́н m (kupón), тало́н m (talón), ва́учер (uk) m (váučer)

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.

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

Derived terms

• couponer, couponner
• couponing, couponning

Anagrams

• uncoop

Chinese

Alternative forms

• qpon

Etymology

From English coupon.

Pronunciation

• Cantonese (Jyutping): kiu¹ pon⁴

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• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: kiu¹ pon⁴
    • Yale: kīu pòhn
    • Cantonese Pinyin: kiu¹ pon⁴
    • Guangdong Romanization: kiu¹ pon⁴
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /kʰiːu̯⁵⁵ pʰɔːn²¹/

Noun

coupon

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

French

Etymology

From couper +‎ -on.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ku.pɔ̃/

• Audio:

  (file)

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

• Arabic: كُوبُون (kūbōn), كُوبُون (kupōn)
• → Belarusian: купо́н (kupón)
• → Bulgarian: купо́н (kupón)
• → Catalan: cupó
• → Crimean Tatar: kupon
• → Danish: kupon
• → English: coupon
• → Galician: cupón
• → German: Coupon, Kupon
• → Finnish: kuponki
• → Georgian: კუპონი (ḳuṗoni)
• → Japanese: クーポン (kūpon)
• → Italian: coupon
• → Korean: 쿠폰 (kupon)
• → Norwegian:
  • Norwegian Bokmål: kupong
  • Norwegian Nynorsk: kupong
• → Persian: کوپن (kupon)
• → Polish: kupon
• → Portuguese: cupão, cupom (Brazil)
• → Russian: купо́н (kupón)
• → Serbo-Croatian:

  Cyrillic script: ку̀по̄н

  Latin script: kùpōn

• → Spanish: cupón
• → Swedish: kupong
• → Thai: คูปอง (kuu-bpɔɔng)
• → Turkish: kupon
• → Ukrainian: купо́н (kupón)

Further reading

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