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English Dictionary: voucher by the DICT Development Group
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From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
voucher
n
  1. someone who vouches for another or for the correctness of a statement
    Synonym(s): voucher, verifier
  2. a document that serves as evidence of some expenditure
  3. a negotiable certificate that can be detached and redeemed as needed
    Synonym(s): coupon, voucher
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Voucher \Vouch"er\, n.
      1. One who vouches, or gives witness or full attestation, to
            anything.
  
                     Will his vouchers vouch him no more?   --Shak.
  
                     The great writers of that age stand up together as
                     vouchers for one another's reputation. --Spectator.
  
      2. A book, paper, or document which serves to vouch the truth
            of accounts, or to confirm and establish facts of any
            kind; also, any acquittance or receipt showing the payment
            of a debt; as, the merchant's books are his vouchers for
            the correctness of his accounts; notes, bonds, receipts,
            and other writings, are used as vouchers in proving facts.
  
      3. (Law)
            (a) The act of calling in a person to make good his
                  warranty of title in the old form of action for the
                  recovery of lands.
            (b) The tenant in a writ of right; one who calls in
                  another to establish his warranty of title. In common
                  recoveries, there may be a single voucher or double
                  vouchers. --Blackstone.
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