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Definitions: Voucher |
VoucherNoun1. Someone who vouches for another or for the correctness of a statement. 2. A negotiable certificate that can be detached and redeemed as needed. Source: WordNet 1.7.1 Copyright © 2001 by Princeton University. All rights reserved. |
Date "voucher" was first used in popular English literature: sometime before 1610. (references) |
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Business | Documents which serve to justify payments and claims for payments or to justify information on which accounts are based. Source: European Union. (references) |
Dream Interpretation | To dream of vouchers, foretells that patient toil will defeat idle scheming to arrest fortune from you. To sign one, denotes that you have the aid and confidence of those around you, despite the evil workings of enemies. To lose one, signifies that you will have a struggle for your rights with relatives. Source: Ten Thousand Dreams Interpreted .... |
Finance | (1) a written statement that bears witness or substantiates a transaction; for example providing evidence that services have been rendered, goods purchased, or some other expenditure has been made. (2) a printed form authorizing a disbursement. (references) |
General | Ticket which travellers exchange for prepaid services such as accommodation, meals and tours. Source: European Union. (references) |
Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits. | |
Synonyms: VoucherSynonyms: coupon (n), verifier (n). (additional references) |
| Context | Synonyms within Context (source: adapted from Roget's Thesaurus). |
Evidence | Admission; (assent); authority, warrant, credential, diploma, voucher, certificate, doquet, docket; testamur; record; document; pi |
Indication | Badge, criterion; countercheck, countermark, countersign, counterfoil; duplicate, tally; label, ticket, billet, letter, counter, check, chip, chop; dib; totem; tessera, card, bill; witness, voucher; stamp; cacher; trade mark, Hall mark. |
Payment | Acknowledgment, release; receipt, receipt in full, receipt in full of all demands; voucher. |
Security | Authentication, verification, warrant, certificate, voucher, docket, doquet; record; probate, attested copy. |
| Source: adapted from Roget's Thesaurus. | |
Crosswords: Voucher |
| English words defined with "voucher": debenture ♦ luncheon voucher ♦ Vouch/or. (references) |
| Specialty definitions using "voucher": ACCOUNT-INFORMATION CLERK ♦ CHECK WRITER ♦ exchange voucher ♦ INSURANCE CLERK, INVOICE-CONTROL CLERK ♦ jail keeper, journal voucher ♦ PROOF-MACHINE-OPERATOR SUPERVISOR, purchase-order checker ♦ school voucher, SUPERVISOR, STAVE CUTTING ♦ voucher check, VOUCHER CLERK. (references) |
| Non-English Usage: "Voucher" is also a word in the following languages with English translations in parentheses. Dutch (coupon), Italian (voucher), Swedish (voucher). |
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Health | A voucher system also rewards drug-free related social and recreational activities. (references) | |
Initially, the voucher values are low, but their value increases with the number of consecutive drug-free urine specimens the individual provides. (references) | ||
In another study, urinalyses positive for heroin decreased significantly when the voucher program was started and increased significantly when the program was stopped. (references) | ||
Business | The funds were established through a decree (no. 220) issued by the cabinet of ministers in June 1996 "On creation of privatization investment funds as an alternative to voucher privatization of enterprises" in accordance with the "law on joint stock companies and protection of the rights of the shareholders". (references) | |
Civil Liberties | United Kingdom | In October the Institute of Race Relations published a report critical of the Government's policies of dispersal and detention of asylum seekers, and the voucher system used to provide them with food and other necessities. (references) |
Economic History | Ukraine | Beginning in 1996, voucher sales began for medium and large industrial enterprises. (references) |
Czech Republic | The voucher holders could then invest their vouchers, infusing the chosen company with valuable capital. (references) | |
Travel | Ukraine | Since May 2000 a letter of invitation from a person, company or organization in Ukraine (or a travel company voucher) has no longer been required for obtaining a visa. (references) |
Source: compiled by the editor from ICON Group International, Inc.; see credits. | ||
| "Voucher" is generally used as a noun (singular) -- approximately 99.75% of the time. "Voucher" is used about 397 times out of a sample of 100 million words spoken or written in English. Its rank is based on over 700,000 words used in the English language. Some parts-of-speech are not covered due to the samples used by the British National Corpus. (note: percents less than one-hundredth of one percent have been omitted) |
| Parts of Speech | Percent | Usage per 100 Million Words | Rank in English |
| Noun (singular) | 99.75% | 396 | 14,082 |
| Noun (proper) | 0.25% | 1 | 339,140 |
| Total | 100.00% | 397 | N/A |
Source: compiled by the editor from several corpora; see credits.
Expressions using "voucher": cash voucher ♦ exchange voucher ♦ external voucher ♦ gift voucher ♦ luncheon voucher ♦ school voucher ♦ school voucher system. Additional references. | |
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Beginning with "voucher": voucher-clutchers, voucher-holders, voucher-privatisation. | |
Ending with "voucher": sale-voucher. | |
| Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits. | |
| The following statistics estimate the number of searches per day across the major English-language search engines as identified by various trade publications. Hyperlinks lead to commercial use of the expression at Amazon.com. |
| Expression | Frequency per Day | Expression | Frequency per Day |
school voucher | 281 | education voucher | 14 |
voucher | 157 | educational voucher | 13 |
gift voucher | 89 | disney meal voucher walt world | 12 |
travel voucher | 63 | voucher system | 12 |
disney meal voucher | 42 | airline voucher | 12 |
school voucher program | 34 | housing voucher | 12 |
disney meal voucher world | 34 | air force travel voucher | 12 |
gift voucher online | 33 | voucher check | 12 |
8 section voucher | 29 | army travel voucher | 11 |
private school voucher | 27 | school voucher system | 10 |
manufacturer voucher | 22 | hotel voucher | 10 |
cashable voucher | 20 | comptia voucher | 10 |
test voucher | 19 | exam voucher | 9 |
care child voucher | 17 | care day voucher | 9 |
unemployment voucher | 16 | pro and cons of school voucher | 9 |
voucher program | 16 | choice housing program voucher | 9 |
a+ voucher | 15 | cash petty voucher | 9 |
indiana unemployment voucher | 15 | military travel voucher | 9 |
safeway shopping voucher | 14 | pro school voucher | 9 |
florida school voucher | 14 | education program voucher | 9 |
| Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits. | |||
| Language | Translations for "voucher"; alternative meanings/domain in parentheses. | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Albanian | tallon (token), kupon (coupon, scrip), garant (backer, bail, bailsman, guarantor, proposer, sponsor, surety, warrantor), faturë (bill, counterfoil, invoice, receipt), dorëzanë (warranter, warrantor), dëftesë (acknowledgement, note, policy, quittance, receipt, warrant). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Arabic | مستند, قسيمة (coupon, receipt), وصل إثبات, وصل (arrive, attain, befall, butt, check, come, conduct, connect, convey, hook up, joining, joint, ligature, link, make, mark, plumb, reach, receive, result, roll in, show up, steer, touch), الكفيل (guarantee, guarantor, retainer), الضامن (guarantor, guaranty, underwriter, warranter), إيصال (receipt, transportation). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Bulgarian | разписка (acknowledgement, acquittance, receipt), талон (counterfoil, talon, widow), квитанция (acknowledgement, acquittance, quittance, receipt, ticket), гарант (bailsman, bondsman, guarantee, guarantor, security, surety, warranter), ваучър, ордер (draft, order, warrant), оправдателен документ, бордеро, поръчител (bailsman, bondsman, endorser, guarantee, guarantor, security, sponsor, surety, warranter, warrantor). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Chinese | 证件 (Credential). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Czech | stvrzenka (chit, release, slip, ticket), ruèitel (backer, guarantee, guarantor, Pledger, security, sponsor, surety, warranter, warrantor), poukaz (coupon), potvrzení (acknowledgement, certificate, confirmation, corroboration, testimonial). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Danish | voucher (exchange voucher), værdibevis (exchange voucher), grundbilag (source document, supporting documents), forlags arkiveksemplar (voucher copy), bogføringsbilag (source document, supporting documents), bilag (addendum, addition, additive, annex, appendix, codicil, documents, rider, source document, supporting documents), arkiveksemplarer (voucher copy). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Dutch | verantwoordingsstuk (document in proof, document in support), wisselbon (exchange voucher), toelichtende bescheiden (document in proof, document in support), tegoedbon (exchange voucher), bon (bill, coupon, exchange voucher, receipt), bewijsstuk (corpus delicti, document in proof, document in support, documentary evidence, evidence, exhibit, proof, source document, supporting documents). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Farsi | مدرک (Clue, Document, Lead, Proof, Testimony), گواه (Evidence, Proof), تضمین کننده , سند (Act, Bill, Deed, Document, Instrument, Script, Title, Writ), ضامن (Bondsman, Caution, Guarantee, Guarantor, Security, Sponsor, Surety), شهادت دادن (Affirm, Attest, Evidence, Testify), شاهد (Instance, Testimonial, Theme), دستاویز (Document, Excuse, Pretext). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Finnish | tosite (source document, supporting documents). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
French | pièce justificative. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
German | Beleg (document, document in proof, document in support, evidence, instance, piece of evidence, proof, receipt, reference, sign, slip, ticket, token), Zeuge (witness, wittness), Zahlungsbeleg, Originalbeleg (source document), Gutschein (coupon, credit note, exchange voucher). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Greek | κατατεθειμένο αντίτυπο (voucher copy), βάουτσερ (exchange voucher), μάρτυσ (attester, attestor, martyr, witness), παραστατικό στοιχείο, παραστατικό (source document, supporting documents), εγγυητήσ (bail, bailer, bailsman, bond, bondsman, guarantee, guarantor, guaranty, security, sponsor, surety, warranter), απόδειξη πληρωμήσ (payslip), δικαιολογητικό (voucher copy), διατακτική ταξιδιού. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Hebrew | מסמך (certificate, diploma, document, instrument, paper), שובר (coupon, receipt for money, warrant), אסמכת" (authority, basis, promise, proof), ספח (adsorbate, attachment, epiphyte, paraphyte). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Hungarian | utalvány (docket, order, payment order), nyugta (acquittance, receipt). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Indonesian | surat bukti, deklarasi (customs declaration, entry), bon (bill, check, chit). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Italian | voucher (exchange voucher). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Japanese Kanji | 証票 (certificate, chit), 収 (receipt), 伝票 (chit, sales slip). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Japanese Katakana | しょうひょう (certificate, chit, trademark), で"ぴょう (chit, sales slip), りょうしゅう (boss, chief, cool autumn, leader, receipt). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Korean | 증인 (Witness). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Manx | barrant (confidence, reliance, warrant). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Pig Latin | ouchervay prova (attestation, competition, confirmation, evidence, examination, experiment, fitting, investigation, proof, rehearsal, sense of taste, sensory analysis, sensory evaluation, sensory test, shew, shibboleth, show, sign, slip, taste, taste panel, taste test, tasting, test, testimony, testing, token, trace, trial, try, try out, warrant), garantia (assertion, assurance, bail, caution, chit, collateral, collateral investment, collateral security, contention, contract involving a guarantee, contract of guarantee, contract of guaranty, deed of contract, deposit, earnest, Gage, guarantee, guarantee (security contexts), guarantee agreement, guaranty, guard, handsel, Hansel, lien, palladium, pawn, pledge, pledged share of stock, safe conduct, safeguard, sea letter, security, sponsion, warrant, warranty, word), fiador (bailee, bailsman, bond, bondsman, guarantee, guarantor, guaranty, sponsor, surety, warrantor), documento probatório (document in proof, document in support), documento contabilístico (source document, supporting documents), documento comprovativo (documentary evidence), comprovante (checking copy, voucher copy), certidão (acknowledgement, acknowledgment, affidavit, certificate, receipt, testimonial), abonador (guarantee, guarantor, sponsor, warrantor), "voucher". (various references) recipisã (certificate, check), martor (second, stander-by, witness), garant (bail, guarantee, guarantor, guaranty, sponsor), chitanţã (acknowledgement, acknowledgment, quittance, receipt, release, schedule), chezaş (bail, guarantee, guarantor, guaranty, hostage, sponsor), certificat (attestation, certificate, patent, record, testimonial, ticket), bon (bill, check, chit, coupon, ticket), adeverinţã (attestation, certificate, counterfoil, receipt, record, warrant), act de garanţie. (various references) расписка (acquittance, note, receipt, script), поручитель (bailsman, bondsman, guarantee, guarantor, sponsor, surety, warranter, warrantor). (various references) pismeni dokaz, nalog za isplatu, jemac (bondsman, guarantor, underwriter, warranter, warrantor). (various references) vale (agreed, chit, coupon, hello, it is worth, it is worthwhile, O.K., ok, okay, okey, paybill, right-ho, scrip, source document, stet, supporting documents, token), comprobante (argumentative, receipt, source document, supporting documents), bono (bill, bond, certificate, exchange voucher, source document, supporting documents, token). (various references) kvitto (acknowledgement, acknowledgment, acquittance, chit, discharge, payment, receipt, ticket), kupong (coupon). (various references) senet (bill, bond, commercial paper, copy, indenture, instrument, muniment, note, obligation, proof, script), makbuz (check, pay slip, quittance, receipt), kefil (bail, bondsman, guarantee, guarantor, guaranty, sponsor, surety, warranter), fiş (check, chip, counter, filing card, jetton, outlet, plug, police record, receipt, sales slip, ticket), delil (argument, averment, case, document, earnest, evidence, proof, supporting document), belge (brief, card, certificate, deed, document, instrument, letter, muniment, note, paper, present, record, reference, sheepskin). (various references) свідок (attestor, bystander, evidence, testator, witness), ваучер, запорука (earnest, guaranty), поручитель (bail, bailsman, bond, borrow, guarantee, guarantor, surety, warrantor). (various references) giấy chứng thực. (various references) taleb (receipt), derbynneb (receipt). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Derivations | |
Words beginning with "voucher": vouchered, vouchering, vouchers. (additional references) | |
Words ending with "voucher": avoucher. (additional references) | |
Words containing "voucher": avouchers. (additional references) | |
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"Voucher" is suggested in spellcheckers for the following: Foukhar, loucher, vaucher, Vischer, vocher, voicer, vouche, vouchr, voulcher. (additional references) | |
| Source: compiled by the editor, based on several corpora (additional references). | |
| Words rhyming with "voucher" (pronounced 'Vouch"er'): Abaser, Abater, Abider, Abjurer, Abridger, Absconder, Absenter, Absolver, Absorber, Abstainer, Abstracter, Abuser, Acceder, Accepter, Acclaimer, Accorder, Accruer, Accuser, Achiever, Acquirer, Adherer, Adjudger, Adjurer, Adjuster, Admirer, Adopter, Adorer, Adorner, Advertiser, Adviser, Advoyer, Affecter, Affirmer, Afflicter, Affrayer, Affreighter, Affrighter, Affronter, Aflicker, Agreer, Aider, Aimer, Airer, Aliner, Allayer, Alleger, Allower, Allurer, Altogether, Amasser. (additional references) |
Scrabble® Enable2K-Verified Anagrams | |
| Words within the letters "c-e-h-o-r-u-v" | |
-1 letter: rouche. | |
-2 letters: chore, cover, curve, hover, ocher, ochre, ruche, vouch. | |
-3 letters: cero, core, cove, cure, echo, ecru, euro, hero, hoer, hour, hove, ouch, over, roue, rove. | |
-4 letters: cor, cue, cur, ecu, her, hoe, hue, orc, ore, our, rec, rev, rho, roc, roe, rue, voe. | |
-5 letters: eh, er, he, ho, oe, oh, or, re, uh. | |
| Words containing the letters "c-e-h-o-r-u-v" | |
+1 letter: avoucher, overmuch, vouchers. | |
+2 letters: avouchers, echovirus, vouchered. | |
+3 letters: overmuches, vouchering. | |
+4 letters: echoviruses. | |
| Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits. SCRABBLE® is a registered trademark. All intellectual property rights in and to the game are owned in the U.S.A and Canada by Hasbro Inc., and throughout the rest of the world by J.W. Spear & Sons Limited of Maidenhead, Berkshire, England, a subsidiary of Mattel Inc. Mattel and Spear are not affiliated with Hasbro. | |
Hexadecimal (or equivalents, 770AD-1900s) (references)56 6F 75 63 68 65 72 |
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Morse Code (1836) (references)...- --- ..- -.-. .... . .-. |
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Binary Code (1918-1938, probably earlier) (references)01010110 01101111 01110101 01100011 01101000 01100101 01110010 |
HTML Code (1990) (references)V o u c h e r |
ISO 10646 (1991-1993) (references)0056 006F 0075 0063 0068 0065 0072 |
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Encryption (beginner's substitution cypher): (references)56818769747184 |
| 1. Definition 2. Synonyms 3. Crosswords 4. Usage: Commercial | 5. Quotations: Non-fiction 6. Usage Frequency 7. Expressions 8. Expressions: Internet | 9. Translations: Modern 10. Derivations 11. Rhymes 12. Anagrams | 13. Orthography 14. Bibliography |
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