gift certificate

noun

: a certificate entitling the recipient to receive goods or services of a specified value from the issuer

Examples of gift certificate in a Sentence

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Activities include a champagne reception with a variety of games where everyone wins a prize for their donation (for example, a $25 chance at the prize wheel will win the donor a $25 gift certificate) and a wine pull. Elizabeth Marie Himchak, San Diego Union-Tribune, 3 Apr. 2025 Each suitcase will hold a stuffed bear, a handmade blanket, McDonald’s gift certificates, pajamas, socks, toys and other personal essentials, the release said. Mike Danahey, Chicago Tribune, 28 Mar. 2025 To expand this effort, other companies and vendors are invited to contribute by donating goods, gift certificates, or discounts for displaced actors. The Deadline Team, Deadline, 23 Jan. 2025 The second-place prize was a $250 gift certificates. Mike Danahey, Chicago Tribune, 11 Feb. 2025 See All Example Sentences for gift certificate

Word History

First Known Use

1900, in the meaning defined above

Time Traveler
The first known use of gift certificate was in 1900

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“Gift certificate.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/gift%20certificate. Accessed 15 Apr. 2025.

Kids Definition

gift certificate

noun
: a certificate that is worth a certain amount of money and that is given to someone to buy something (as goods or services from a business)
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