EuroLex/F/Coupon


 * Original language: French
 * Original form and meaning: coupon - 1. coupon, voucher; 2. [finan.] bond coupon, interest coupon, interest voucher, interest warrant

(Note: If the status is not specifically indicated then the word is stylistically neutral and generally used; if earlier meaning and status equals current use the former may be expressed by writing "dito". Cf. also the project guidelines.)

Annotations
Etymology: from F coupon, from OF coupon "piece cut off", from couper "to cut", from coup "a blow".

Meaning widened to "discount ticket" 1860s by British travel agent Thomas Cook. The specific advertising sense is from 1906.

Source: http://www.etymonline.com

Information on Other Languages
Estonian: lõigend Italian: cedola, buono Polish:	talon Slovenian: odrezek