cents-off
Americanadjective
Etymology
Origin of cents-off
First recorded in 1960–65
Example Sentences
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It has mounted a classic P & G campaign to promote Citrus Hill brand juice in Iowa and Indiana with cents-off coupons, free samples and a TV advertising blitz.
From Time Magazine Archive
Samtur spends five hours a week clipping coupons, filing cents-off labels and mailing out refund requests, which average 100 a month.
From Time Magazine Archive
The computers keep track of which items are subject to sales taxes, to cents-off promotions, to Sunday sales bans and even to Food and Drug Administration health warnings.
From Time Magazine Archive
With inflation grabbing from household budgets, those cents-off coupons and money-back refund offers have become more than an appealing way of stretching the food dollar: to many they are a way of life.
From Time Magazine Archive
In Nuevo Laredo, southwest of Laredo, Texas, Mexican workers are doing everything from making electronics parts for Transitron Electronic Corp. to sorting supermarket "cents-off" coupons for the A.C.
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