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coupon 1. Commerce a. a detachable part of a ticket or advertisement entitling the holder to a discount, free gift, etc. b. a detachable slip usable as a commercial order form c. a voucher given away with certain goods, a certain number of which are exchangeable for goods offered by the manufacturers 2. History a ticket issued to facilitate rationing coupon [′kü‚pän] (chemical engineering) Polished metal strip of specified size and weight used to detect the corrosive action of liquid or gas products or to test the efficiency of corrosion-inhibitor additives. Also known as corrosion coupon. How to thank TFD for its existence? Tell a friend about us, add a link to this page, add the site to iGoogle, or visit webmaster's page for free fun content. |
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They took on the semblance of yellow, twenty-dollar gold pieces, of yellow-backed paper bills of the government stamping of the United States, of bank books, and of rich coupons ripe for the clipping--and all shot through the flashings of the form of a rough-coated Irish terrier, on a galaxy of brilliantly-lighted stages, mouth open, nose upward to the drops, singing, ever singing, as no dog had ever been known to sing in the world before. He got them with cigarette coupons, and nearly smoked himself to death to possess these desired forms and faces. Living in delicate seclusion, some in furnished flats, others in Renaissance villas on Fiesole's slope, they read, wrote, studied, and exchanged ideas, thus attaining to that intimate knowledge, or rather perception, of Florence which is denied to all who carry in their pockets the coupons of Cook. |
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