voucher
voucher definition
voucher (vo̵u′c̸hər)
noun
- a person who vouches, as for the truth of a statement
- a paper serving as evidence or proof; specif., a receipt or statement attesting to the expenditure or receipt of money, the accuracy of an account, etc.
- ☆ a document granting a family a certain sum per child, from public education funds, for use as partial tuition to a private or parochial school, thereby making possible enrollment there instead of in the local public school
Etymology: substantive use of Anglo-Fr voucher, to vouch
Webster's New World College Dictionary Copyright © 2005 by Wiley Publishing, Inc., Cleveland, Ohio.
Used by arrangement with John Wiley & Sons, Inc.
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