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gift certificate

American  

noun

  • gift certificates
    plural
  1. a certificate entitling the bearer to select merchandise of a specified cash value from a store, usually presented as a gift.


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Noun Inflected Forms


Etymology

Origin of gift certificate

First recorded in 1940–45


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We’ve rounded up some unique experience gifts in the Seattle area that you can send via gift certificate to loved ones — or do together, now or in the new year.

From Seattle Times ● Nov. 16, 2023

Gabe Roth, executive director of Fix the Court, said Justice Sonia Sotomayor received artwork and a gift certificate for a spa, among other presents during her first term.

From Washington Times ● Jun. 7, 2023

Kelly English, an acclaimed Memphis chef who runs four restaurants in the city, is offering customers a $5 gift certificate if they bring their own bottled water or soft drink.

From New York Times ● Dec. 28, 2022

What did we do with the food delivery gift certificate that friends gave us when we got covid-19?

From Washington Post ● Dec. 27, 2022

His parents gave him a fifty-dollar gift certificate to Drastic Plastic, the punk rock record store downtown.

From "Eleanor & Park" by Rainbow Rowell

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