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voucher

  (vou'chər) pronunciation
n.
  1. A piece of substantiating evidence; a proof.
  2. A written record of expenditure, disbursement, or completed transaction.
  3. A written authorization or certificate, especially one exchangeable for cash or representing a credit against future expenditures.
tr.v., -ered, -er·ing, -ers.
  1. To substantiate or authenticate with evidence.
  2. To prepare a voucher for: properly vouchering each transaction.
  3. To issue a voucher to: a company that vouchers employees when the payroll cannot be met.

 
 

A document recording a liability or allowing for the payment of a liability, or debt. A voucher would be held by the person or company who will receive payment.

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For example, if a supplier has documentation that provides evidence that they are owed money for supplies they sold, they would have a voucher. Vouchers are used as evidence that a transaction has taken place and that there is a liability by one of the parties to the transaction.

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Form used in an internal control system to contain and verify all information about a bill to be processed or paid. Usually the original bill is then attached to the voucher. The voucher and bill are filed together until time of payment.

 

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A receipt or release that may serve as notice of payment of a debt or may prove the accuracy of accounts.

 
This entry contains information applicable to United States law only.

A receipt or release which provides evidence of payment or other discharge of a debt, often for purposes of reimbursement, or attests to the accuracy of the accounts.

Government or corporate employees usually submit vouchers to their employers to recover living expenses they have paid while on business trips.

 

A credit of a certain monetary value that can be used only for a specified purpose, such as to pay for housing or for food. Food stamps are a kind of voucher.

  • Some economists believe that goods and services supplied by the government would be provided more efficiently if vouchers that could be spent only on such goods and services were given to citizens, and private business competed to provide those goods and services.

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    IN BRIEF: A paper that serves as proof. Also: A person who swears to the truth of a statement.

    pronunciation I was given one meal voucher that I could use for a meal in the dining room during my stay at the hotel.

     
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    This British Army Forces Voucher, issued to soldiers in Germany following World War II, may only be used in canteens or other specified transactions.
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    This British Army Forces Voucher, issued to soldiers in Germany following World War II, may only be used in canteens or other specified transactions.

    A voucher is a bond which is worth a certain monetary value and which may only be spent for specific reasons or on specific goods. Examples include — but are not limited to — housing and food vouchers. The term voucher is also a synonym for receipt, and is often used to refer to receipts used as evidence of, for example, the declaration that a service has been performed or that an expenditure has been made.

    The term is also commonly used for education vouchers which are somewhat different.

    In tourism

    Vouchers are used in the tourism sector primarily as proof of a named customer's right to take a service at a specific time and place. Service providers collect them to return to the tour operator or travel agent that has sent that customer, to prove they have given the service. So, life of a voucher is as below:

    1. Customer receives vouchers from tour operator or travel agent for the services bought
    2. Customer goes to vacation site and forwards the voucher to related provider and asks for the service to be given
    3. Provider collects the vouchers
    4. Provider sends collected vouchers to the agent or operator that sends customers from time to time, and asks for payment for those services
    5. Uncollected vouchers do not deserve payment

    This approach is most suitable for Free Individual Tourist activities where pre-allocation for services are neither necessary, nor feasible or applicable. It was customary before the information era when communication was limited and expensive, but now has been given quite a different role by B2C applications. When a reservation is made through the internet, customers are often provided a voucher through email or a web site that can be printed. Providers customarily require this voucher be presented prior to providing the service.

    In Accounts Payable

    A voucher is an accounting document usually produced after receiving a vendor invoice, after the invoice is successfully matched to a Purchase Order. It represents an internal intent to make a payment to the vendor in the amount of the voucher. In Accounts Payable systems, a process called a payment run is executed to generate payments corresponding to the unpaid vouchers. These payments can then be released or held at the discretion of an Accounts Payable supervisor or the company Controller.

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    Translations: Translations for: Voucher

    Dansk (Danish)
    n. - bon, kvittering, regnskabsbilag, spisebillet, kupon, garant
    v. tr. - garantere

    Nederlands (Dutch)
    waardebon, documentatie van zakelijke transactie, kwitantie, bewijs, de echtheid nagaan, een bewijs/kwitantie maken

    Français (French)
    n. - reçu, bon, bon-cadeau
    v. tr. - faire un bon/un reçu

    Deutsch (German)
    n. - Beleg, Gutschein, Voucher
    v. - beweisen, bestätigen

    Ελληνική (Greek)
    n. - εγγυητής, (οικον.) απόδειξη ή παραστατικό πληρωμής, δικαιολογητικό, κουπόνι, εχέγγυο, πιστωτικό δελτίο (κν. βάουτσερ)

    Italiano (Italian)
    quietanza, buono

    Português (Portuguese)
    n. - fiador (m), vale (m)

    Русский (Russian)
    письменное свидетельство, контрольный талон, поручитель, устанавливать подлинность

    Español (Spanish)
    n. - justificante, comprobante, vale, bono
    v. tr. - pagar, garantizar o, autorizar por medio de un comprobante, preparar un comprobante para

    Svenska (Swedish)
    n. - kvitto, bevis, attest, borgen, vittne

    中文(简体) (Chinese (Simplified))
    证人, 证明者, 保证人, 凭单, 证实...的可靠性

    中文(繁體) (Chinese (Traditional))
    n. - 證人, 證明者, 保證人, 憑單
    v. tr. - 證實...的可靠性

    한국어 (Korean)
    n. - 보증인, 영수증, 상품권
    v. tr. - 증명하다, ~에 대한 거래 증표를 만들다

    日本語 (Japanese)
    n. - 保証人, 商品券, 割引券, 領収書, 証書, 証拠書類

    العربيه (Arabic)
    ‏(الاسم) قسيمه, ايصال, مستند صرف‏

    עברית (Hebrew)
    n. - ‮שובר, תלוש, מסמך, תעודה, אדם הערב לאדם אחר‬
    v. tr. - ‮שילם, ערב, או הסמיך באמצעות תעודה או שובר, הכין תעודה, מסמך, שובר וכו'‬


     
     

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