COUPON

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does coupon mean? 

• COUPON (noun)
  The noun COUPON has 2 senses:

1. a negotiable certificate that can be detached and redeemed as needed

2. a test sample of some substance

  Familiarity information: COUPON used as a noun is rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• COUPON (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

A negotiable certificate that can be detached and redeemed as needed

Classified under:

Nouns denoting communicative processes and contents

Synonyms:

coupon; voucher

Hypernyms ("coupon" is a kind of...):

commercial document; commercial instrument (a document of or relating to commerce)

Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "coupon"):

book token (a gift voucher that can be exchanged for books costing up to an amount given on the voucher)

luncheon voucher; meal ticket (coupon redeemable at a restaurant and entitling the holder to a meal)

twofer (a coupon that allows the holder to purchase two items (as two tickets to a play) for the price of one)

Sense 2

Meaning:

A test sample of some substance

Classified under:

Nouns denoting cognitive processes and contents

Hypernyms ("coupon" is a kind of...):

sample (a small part of something intended as representative of the whole)