voucher

5 definitions • 10 examples

a piece of paper that can be used to pay for particular goods or services or that allows you to pay less than the usual price for them:

The voucher is valid between July and December and entitles you to ten percent off all overseas flights.

in the US, a scholarship (= money to pay for studies) that allows a student to attend a private school rather than a state school:

Suburban voters are completely against vouchers.

a piece of paper that is a record of money paid or one that can be used to pay for particular goods or services:

Just present your travel voucher to the airline ticket agent, and she will give you the tickets.

a printed piece of paper used to pay for particular goods or services, or to pay less than the usual price:

Anyone spending $25 or more will get a $5 voucher to spend.

The company will pay most of the settlement in shares and discount vouchers.

a clothing/food/housing/travel voucher

The Inland Revenue wants to know about employee benefits, including vouchers for food and drink.

a piece of paper that shows that money has been paid for something or that someone's accounts are correct:

You should keep all copies of sales vouchers to check off against statements.

He demanded that they go back until each overtime voucher could be matched with a specific job.

Unfortunately the payroll vouchers weren't being reviewed by managers.