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voucher

/ˈvaʊtʃə/VOW-chur
UK form converted from the US by rule · unchecked
/ˈvaʊtʃɚ/VOW-chur

Meaningone that vouches

Common meaning: a ticket for goods or a discount

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Journey through time

  1. Latinvocare‘call’source
  2. Old Frenchvocher‘call as a witness’source
  3. Middle Englishvouchen‘call to support’source
  4. Englishvouch‘confirm that something is true’
  5. Englishformed in English from vouchvoucher‘a ticket for goods or a discount’ · today

Sources & notes

Meaning: “Meaning” is the sense that emerges from the word’s roots; “Common meaning” is today’s everyday sense. Both written by us.

Pronunciation

  • UK IPA: converted from the US form by rule (unchecked). Respelling: generated.
  • No UK recording; the speaker uses your device’s en-GB voice.
  • US IPA: CMUdict (BSD-2), converted to IPA by rule. Respelling: generated.
  • No US recording; the speaker uses your device’s en-US voice.

Origin: Formed in English from vouch + -er.

Dictionary: Skeat (1898), VOUCH, p.690 · scan

Source words

  • vocare Latin · source word “to call”

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