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coupon

noun · verb · 10 senses · updated from the 2026-07-25 local source snapshot

Definitions and examples are grouped by meaning. Pronunciation, history, word forms, translations, descendants, synonyms, antonyms, derived terms, and related words appear whenever the source provides them.

Sound

Pronunciation

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  • England: /ˈkuːˌpɒn/
  • England: /ˈkuːpən/
  • England, French, imitating: /ˈkuːˌpɔ̃/
  • US: /ˈkuːˌpɑn/
  • US: /ˈkjuːˌpɑn/ hypercorrection
  • US: Recorded audio is listed in the source snapshot.
  • Inland-Northern-American: [ˈkhuˌpan]
  • Inland-Northern-American: [ˈkj̥uˌpan]
  • US: Inland North Recorded audio is listed in the source snapshot.
  • Scotland: /ˈkʉˌpɔn/
  • Scotland, especially: /ˈkʉpən/ with the meaning "face"
  • Ireland: /ˈkʉuˌpɒn/
  • /ˈkjuːˌpɑn/ Dublin
  • South-Asia: /ˈkupən/
  • Hong-Kong, Philippines: /ˈkjuːˌpɔn/
  • Hong-Kong, Philippines: /ˈkuːˌpɔn/
  • CMU ARPABET: K UW1 P AO2 N Digits mark lexical stress: 1 primary, 2 secondary, 0 unstressed.
  • CMU ARPABET 2: K Y UW1 P AO2 N Digits mark lexical stress: 1 primary, 2 secondary, 0 unstressed.

1

noun

Meaning 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.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

2

noun

Meaning 2

A voucher issued by a manufacturer or retailer which offers a discount on a particular product.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

3

noun

Meaning 3

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.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: obsolete

Topics: business, finance

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

4

noun

Meaning 4

Any interest payment made or due on a bond, debenture or similar (no longer by a physical coupon).

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Topics: business, finance

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

5

noun

Meaning 5

The letter sent to parliamentary candidates at the 1918 general election, endorsing them as official representatives of the coalition government.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: UK, historical

Topics: government, politics

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

6

noun

Meaning 6

A person's face.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: Scotland

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

7

noun

Meaning 7

A small sample of a bulk material, prepared so that test failure will be representative.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Topics: business, manufacturing

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

8

verb

Meaning 8

To use coupons to a such extent that makes the user actively looking for coupons in magazines, online and whatever they can be found.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Examples

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

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

9

noun

Meaning 9

a test sample of some substance

Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

Broader terms: sample

10

noun

Meaning 10

a negotiable certificate that can be detached and redeemed as needed

Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: voucher

Antonyms: none provided

Broader terms: commercial document, commercial instrument

Narrower terms: book token, meal ticket, luncheon voucher, twofer

History

Etymology

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

Across languages

Translations

108 source translations are retained for this English entry.

  • Arabic: كُوبُون (kūbōn) — certificate of interest due
  • Arabic: كُوبُون (kupōn) — certificate of interest due
  • Arabic: قَسِيمَة شِرائِيَّة (qasīma širāʔiyya) — certificate of interest due
  • Arabic: كوبون (kūbōn, kūpōn, kōbōn) — certificate of interest due
  • Belarusian: купо́н (kupón) — certificate of interest due
  • Bulgarian: купо́н (kupón) — certificate of interest due
  • Catalan: cupó — certificate of interest due
  • Czech: kupón — certificate of interest due
  • Danish: kupon — certificate of interest due
  • Dutch: coupon — certificate of interest due
  • French: coupon — certificate of interest due
  • German: Kupon — certificate of interest due
  • German: Coupon — certificate of interest due
  • Ingrian: kuponi — certificate of interest due
  • Italian: cupone — certificate of interest due
  • Norwegian: kupong — certificate of interest due
  • Occitan: copon — certificate of interest due
  • Persian: کوپن (kupon) — certificate of interest due
  • Polish: kupon — certificate of interest due
  • Portuguese: cupom — certificate of interest due
  • Portuguese: cupão — certificate of interest due
  • Russian: купо́н (kupón) — certificate of interest due
  • Serbo-Croatian: ку̀по̄н — certificate of interest due
  • Serbo-Croatian: kùpōn — certificate of interest due
  • Slovak: kupón — certificate of interest due
  • Spanish: cupón — certificate of interest due
  • Swedish: kupong — certificate of interest due
  • Tagalog: kupon — certificate of interest due
  • Thai: คูปอง (kuu-bpɔɔng) — certificate of interest due
  • Ukrainian: купо́н (kupón) — certificate of interest due
  • Welsh: cwpon — certificate of interest due
  • Belarusian: купо́н (kupón) — interest payment made or due on a bond
  • Bulgarian: купо́н (kupón) — interest payment made or due on a bond
  • Chinese Mandarin: 優惠券 /优惠券 (yōuhuìquàn) — interest payment made or due on a bond
  • Chinese Mandarin: 息票 (xípiào) — interest payment made or due on a bond
  • Czech: kupón — interest payment made or due on a bond
  • Italian: cedola — interest payment made or due on a bond
  • Polish: kupon — interest payment made or due on a bond
  • Russian: купо́н (kupón) — interest payment made or due on a bond
  • Swedish: kupong — interest payment made or due on a bond
  • Thai: คูปอง (kuu-bpɔɔng) — interest payment made or due on a bond
  • Ukrainian: купо́н (kupón) — interest payment made or due on a bond
  • Vietnamese: phiếu lãi — interest payment made or due on a bond
  • Vietnamese: lãi suất trái phiếu — interest payment made or due on a bond
  • Arabic: قَسِيمَة (qasīma) — section of a ticket giving the holder some entitlement
  • Belarusian: купо́н (kupón) — section of a ticket giving the holder some entitlement
  • Belarusian: тало́н (talón) — section of a ticket giving the holder some entitlement
  • Belarusian: ва́ўчар (váwčar) — section of a ticket giving the holder some entitlement
  • Bulgarian: купо́н (kupón) — section of a ticket giving the holder some entitlement
  • Chinese Mandarin: 票證 /票证 (piàozhèng) — section of a ticket giving the holder some entitlement
  • Chinese Mandarin: 配給券 /配给券 (pèijǐquàn) — section of a ticket giving the holder some entitlement
  • Cornish: kolpon — section of a ticket giving the holder some entitlement
  • Czech: kupón — section of a ticket giving the holder some entitlement
  • Czech: lístek — section of a ticket giving the holder some entitlement
  • Czech: poukaz — section of a ticket giving the holder some entitlement
  • Esperanto: kupono — section of a ticket giving the holder some entitlement
  • French: bon — section of a ticket giving the holder some entitlement
  • Georgian: კუპონი (ḳuṗoni) — section of a ticket giving the holder some entitlement
  • German: Gutschein — section of a ticket giving the holder some entitlement
  • German: Coupon — section of a ticket giving the holder some entitlement
  • Greek: απόκομμα (apókomma) — section of a ticket giving the holder some entitlement
  • Hungarian: kupon — section of a ticket giving the holder some entitlement
  • Japanese: クーポン (kūpon) — section of a ticket giving the holder some entitlement
  • Khmer: បុង (bong) — section of a ticket giving the holder some entitlement
  • Korean: 쿠폰 (kupon) — section of a ticket giving the holder some entitlement
  • Malay: kupon — section of a ticket giving the holder some entitlement
  • Māori: tīkitipati — section of a ticket giving the holder some entitlement
  • Polish: kupon — section of a ticket giving the holder some entitlement
  • Polish: odcinek — section of a ticket giving the holder some entitlement
  • Portuguese: cupom — section of a ticket giving the holder some entitlement
  • Portuguese: cupão — section of a ticket giving the holder some entitlement
  • Romanian: cupon — section of a ticket giving the holder some entitlement
  • Russian: купо́н (kupón) — section of a ticket giving the holder some entitlement
  • Russian: тало́н (talón) — section of a ticket giving the holder some entitlement
  • Russian: ва́учер (váučer) — section of a ticket giving the holder some entitlement
  • Slovak: kupón — section of a ticket giving the holder some entitlement
  • Swahili: kuponi — section of a ticket giving the holder some entitlement
  • Swedish: kupong — section of a ticket giving the holder some entitlement
  • Thai: คูปอง (kuu-bpɔɔng) — section of a ticket giving the holder some entitlement
  • Ukrainian: купо́н (kupón) — section of a ticket giving the holder some entitlement
  • Ukrainian: тало́н (talón) — section of a ticket giving the holder some entitlement
  • Ukrainian: ва́учер (váučer) — section of a ticket giving the holder some entitlement
  • Welsh: cwpon — section of a ticket giving the holder some entitlement
  • Arabic: قَسِيمَة (qasīma) — voucher which offers a discount on a particular product
  • Belarusian: купо́н (kupón) — voucher which offers a discount on a particular product
  • Belarusian: тало́н (talón) — voucher which offers a discount on a particular product
  • Belarusian: ва́ўчар (váwčar) — voucher which offers a discount on a particular product
  • Catalan: cupó — voucher which offers a discount on a particular product
  • Chinese Mandarin: 優惠券 /优惠券 (yōuhuìquàn, yōuhuìjuàn) — voucher which offers a discount on a particular product
  • Chinese Mandarin: 票證 /票证 (piàozhèng) — voucher which offers a discount on a particular product
  • Esperanto: kupono — voucher which offers a discount on a particular product
  • French: coupon — voucher which offers a discount on a particular product
  • French: bon — voucher which offers a discount on a particular product
  • Georgian: კუპონი (ḳuṗoni) — voucher which offers a discount on a particular product
  • German: Coupon — voucher which offers a discount on a particular product
  • Ingrian: kuponi — voucher which offers a discount on a particular product
  • Japanese: クーポン (kūpon) — voucher which offers a discount on a particular product
  • Khmer: បុង (bong) — voucher which offers a discount on a particular product
  • Khmer: ខណ្ឌប័ណ្ណ — voucher which offers a discount on a particular product
  • Korean: 쿠폰 (kupon) — voucher which offers a discount on a particular product
  • Russian: купо́н (kupón) — voucher which offers a discount on a particular product
  • Russian: тало́н (talón) — voucher which offers a discount on a particular product
  • Russian: ва́учер (váučer) — voucher which offers a discount on a particular product
  • Swahili: kuponi — voucher which offers a discount on a particular product
  • Thai: คูปอง (kuu-bpɔɔng) — voucher which offers a discount on a particular product
  • Ukrainian: купо́н (kupón) — voucher which offers a discount on a particular product
  • Ukrainian: тало́н (talón) — voucher which offers a discount on a particular product
  • Ukrainian: ва́учер (váučer) — voucher which offers a discount on a particular product
Real reading context

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