gift certificate
noun
: a certificate entitling the recipient to receive goods or services of a specified value from the issuer
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In the day since the fire, customers have bought gift certificates from her restaurant, friends have planned fundraisers and neighbors have offered her insurance advice and consolation.
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Kairi Lowery, The Orlando Sentinel, 2 June 2025
The winner will receive a $100 gift certificate to the restaurant of her or his choice.
—John Dorfman, Forbes.com, 12 May 2025
The Town hosts a tree raffle annually, offering winners $200 gift certificates to purchase trees at a local nursery.
—Orlando Sentinel Staff, Orlando Sentinel, 16 Jan. 2025
Everyone who turned in a reading log by March 16 with six books read and rated was entered into the drawing for three gift certificates to local businesses.
—Beth Cronk, Twin Cities, 2 Apr. 2024
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Kairi Lowery, The Orlando Sentinel, 2 June 2025
The winner will receive a $100 gift certificate to the restaurant of her or his choice.
—John Dorfman, Forbes.com, 12 May 2025
The Town hosts a tree raffle annually, offering winners $200 gift certificates to purchase trees at a local nursery.
—Orlando Sentinel Staff, Orlando Sentinel, 16 Jan. 2025
Everyone who turned in a reading log by March 16 with six books read and rated was entered into the drawing for three gift certificates to local businesses.
—Beth Cronk, Twin Cities, 2 Apr. 2024
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“Gift certificate.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/gift%20certificate. Accessed 13 Jun. 2025.
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