coupon

See also: Coupon

English

Etymology

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

Pronunciation

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

• Audio (US):

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• Audio (US Inland North):

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Noun

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.

Synonyms

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

Derived terms

• couponer
• couponing
• zero coupon bond

Translations

certificate of interest due

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

  Cyrillic: купон m

  Roman: kupon (sh) m

• Tagalog: kupon

interest payment made or due on a bond

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

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

• Czech: kupón m
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• Italian: cedola (it) f
• Polish: kupon (pl) m
• Russian: купо́н (ru) m (kupón)
• Swedish: kupong (sv) c

section of a ticket giving the holder some entitlement

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

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

• Czech: kupón m, lístek (cs) m, poukaz m
• Esperanto: kupono
• French: bon (fr) m
• German: Gutschein (de) m, Coupon (de) m
• Greek: απόκομμα (el) n (apókomma)
• Hungarian: kupon
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• Japanese: クーポン (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

Verb

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.

Derived terms

• couponer
• couponing

Anagrams

• uncoop

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French

Etymology

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

• → Catalan: cupó
• → Crimean Tatar: kupon
• → Danish: kupon
• → English: coupon
• → Galician: cupón
• → German: Coupon
• → Portuguese: cupão, cupom
• → Russian: купо́н (kupón)
• → Serbo-Croatian: kùpōn, ку̀по̄н
• → Spanish: cupón

Further reading

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