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gift certificate
noun
: a certificate entitling the recipient to receive goods or services of a specified value from the issuer
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There will be a silent auction following the performance featuring a variety of plants, gift certificates and other items.
—John Coffren, Baltimore Sun, 1 May 2024
The TikTok user then shared a follow-up post on Nov. 20, revealing that the company had since sent her a $100 gift certificate.
—Toria Sheffield, People.com, 2 Dec. 2024
Twenty winners selected at random will each win a $50 gift certificate, good at any passport business.
—Thomas Goodwin Smith, Baltimore Sun, 29 Nov. 2024
There were live auctions, raffles, gift certificates and luxury prizes with a percentage of the money raised going to those charities.
—Dina Kaur, The Arizona Republic, 10 Nov. 2024
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Word History
First Known Use
1900, in the meaning defined above
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“Gift certificate.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/gift%20certificate. Accessed 24 Dec. 2024.
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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