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

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

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

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

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.

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