cents-off

American  

[sents-awf, -of] / ˈsɛntsˈɔf, -ˈɒf /

adjective

1. of or relating to a marketing device, as a coupon, that entitles a buyer to a specified amount off the regular price.

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Etymology

Origin of cents-off

First recorded in 1960–65

Example Sentences

The goal of experiential marketing is to build closer ties with consumers than can typically be forged through traditional tactics like television commercials or cents-off coupons.

From New York Times

It's a cents-off coupon married to a Friday-after-Thanksgiving shopping frenzy.

From Forbes

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

While couponing and refunding are hardly new�one of the first cents-off offers was devised in the 1890s by C.W.

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