gift certificate
noun
: a certificate entitling the recipient to receive goods or services of a specified value from the issuer
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The winner scored a $5,000 gift certificate, and Cloud 9 Living matched that with a $5,000 donation to the winner’s favorite charity.
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Nick Davidson, Outside Online, 1 Oct. 2014
First-place winners received $500 gift certificates.
—Mike Danahey, Chicago Tribune, 11 Feb. 2025
New this year, every student who visits the event in March will be entered in a raffle for a gift basket containing a gift certificate from Batavia’s Special Occasions on the Avenue, valued at $250, the release said.
—David Sharos, Chicago Tribune, 3 Feb. 2025
There's also a Polish Starter Box ($79) with a variety of flavors of Poland, gift certificates for pierogi-making classes and Pierogi of the Month Club memberships.
—Susan Selasky, Detroit Free Press, 15 Dec. 2024
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Nick Davidson, Outside Online, 1 Oct. 2014
First-place winners received $500 gift certificates.
—Mike Danahey, Chicago Tribune, 11 Feb. 2025
New this year, every student who visits the event in March will be entered in a raffle for a gift basket containing a gift certificate from Batavia’s Special Occasions on the Avenue, valued at $250, the release said.
—David Sharos, Chicago Tribune, 3 Feb. 2025
There's also a Polish Starter Box ($79) with a variety of flavors of Poland, gift certificates for pierogi-making classes and Pierogi of the Month Club memberships.
—Susan Selasky, Detroit Free Press, 15 Dec. 2024
See All Example Sentences for gift certificate
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“Gift certificate.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/gift%20certificate. Accessed 10 Mar. 2025.
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