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Definition of Coupon
1. Noun. A negotiable certificate that can be detached and redeemed as needed.
Generic synonyms: Commercial Document, Commercial Instrument
Specialized synonyms: Book Token, Luncheon Voucher, Meal Ticket, Twofer
2. Noun. A test sample of some substance.
Definition of Coupon
1. n. 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 of Coupon
1. Noun. (obsolete) 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. ¹
2. Noun. (finance) Any interest payment made or due on a bond, debenture or similar (no longer by a physical coupon). ¹
3. Noun. 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. ¹
4. Noun. (Scotland) The face. ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Definition of Coupon
1. a certificate entitling the holder to certain benefits [n -S]
Lexicographical Neighbors of Coupon
Literary usage of Coupon
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. United States Supreme Court Reports by Lawyers Co-operative Publishing Company, United States Supreme Court (1886)
"That said coupon was over due and past maturity, and bore upon its face the
contract of the State of Virginia that it should be received in payment of all ..."
2. Commentaries on the Law of Municipal Corporations by John Forrest Dillon (1911)
"While the promises of the bond and of the coupon are in the first instance upon
the same paper and the coupons are for interest due upon the bond, ..."
3. Appletons' Annual Cyclopædia and Register of Important Events of the Year (1883)
"No officer could refuse to receive the coupon without subjecting himself to
personal liability. After a tender no valid sale could bo made for the taxes. ..."
4. The Law of Negotiable Instruments: Including Promissory Notes, Bills of by James Matlock Ogden (1922)
"coupon bonds. A coupon bond is a primary obligation, in the nature of a promissory
note, promising to pay a sum of money on a day certain in the future, ..."
5. Corporation Procedure: Law, Finance, Accounting by Thomas Conyngton, Robert Joseph Bennett, Paul Whittier Pinkerton, Hugh Ronald Conyngton (1922)
"This interest when due is payable only on surrender of the proper coupon and, in
the absence of some good reason otherwise, such as notice that the ..."
6. Corporation Accounting by Robert Joseph Bennett (1916)
"The coupon Register coupon bonds registered as to principal are entered in the
... A coupon register is also provided for the proper record of paid coupons. ..."
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