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coupon

  • /ˈkuːˌpɒn/ England
  • /ˈkuːpən/ England
  • /ˈkuːˌpɔ̃/ England, French, imitating
  • /ˈkuːˌpɑn/ US
  • /ˈkjuːˌpɑn/ US
  • [ˈkʰuˌpan] Inland Northern American
  • [ˈkj̥uˌpan] Inland Northern American
  • /ˈkʉˌpɔn/ Scotland
  • /ˈkʉpən/ Scotland, especially
  • /ˈkʉuˌpɒn/ Ireland
  • /ˈkʲuːˌpɑn/
  • /ˈkupən/ South Asia
  • /ˈkjuːˌpɔn/ Hong Kong, Philippines
  • /ˈkuːˌpɔn/ Hong Kong, Philippines

Where it comes from

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

noun 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.

    Similar: voucher

  2. A voucher issued by a manufacturer or retailer which offers a discount on a particular product.
  3. 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. Any interest payment made or due on a bond, debenture or similar (no longer by a physical coupon).
  5. UK, 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. A small sample of a bulk material, prepared so that test failure will be representative.

verb coupons · couponing · 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.

Thesaurus

Closest in meaning: voucher, ticket, bond, receipt, rate, yield, stamp, lottery, card, reduction, good, nominal, okay, token, rebate, discount

Translations

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noun section of a ticket giving the holder some entitlement

한국어쿠폰 kupon
日本語クーポン kūpon
中文票證 /票证 piàozhèng, 配給券 /配给券 pèijǐquàn
Kiswahilikuponi
Portuguêscupom, cupão
Françaisbon
DeutschGutschein, Coupon
Ελληνικάαπόκομμα apókomma
Românăcupon
Русскийкупо́н kupón, тало́н talón, ва́учер váučer
العربيةقَسِيمَة qasīma

noun voucher which offers a discount on a particular product

한국어쿠폰 kupon
日本語クーポン kūpon
中文優惠券 /优惠券 yōuhuìquàn, yōuhuìjuàn, 票證 /票证 piàozhèng
Kiswahilikuponi
Françaiscoupon, bon
DeutschCoupon
Русскийкупо́н kupón, тало́н talón, ва́учер váučer
العربيةقَسِيمَة qasīma

noun certificate of interest due

Españolcupón
Portuguêscupom, cupão
Françaiscoupon
DeutschKupon, Coupon
Italianocupone
Русскийкупо́н kupón
العربيةكُوبُون kūbōn, كُوبُون kupōn, قَسِيمَة شِرائِيَّة qasīma širāʔiyya

noun interest payment made or due on a bond

中文優惠券 /优惠券 yōuhuìquàn, 息票 xípiào
Italianocedola
Русскийкупо́н kupón
Tiếng Việtphiếu lãi, lãi suất trái phiếu

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@misc{coupon_2026,
  title = {coupon},
  howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://micwyn.com/word/coupon},
  urldate = {2026-11-06}
}