voucher

Meanings

1. 1
   noun

   a printed or electronic token that can be exchanged for goods or services or used to obtain a discount

   The airline issued a meal voucher after the long delay.

2. 2
   noun

   a receipt or document that provides evidence of a payment, expense, or other transaction

   The auditor matched every travel voucher to a receipt.

Formed from vouch + the agent suffix -er. Voucher first referred to a person or thing that vouches for a claim; it then came to mean a document proving a transaction and, later, a token exchangeable for goods, services, or a discount.

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