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 new law makes a gift certificate with a cash value of less than $15 redeemable for cash or its cash value starting April 1, 2026, increasing the limit.
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Suzanne Blake, MSNBC Newsweek, 26 Nov. 2025
Readers sent in their beloved recipes and a winner was picked every month to run in the food section and be rewarded with a gift certificate.
—Cathy Thomas, Oc Register, 3 Nov. 2025
As showtime drew near, a woman came into the lobby to buy a pair of $10 gift certificates for a future night out.
—John Carlisle, Freep.com, 26 Oct. 2025
Pair one with a gift certificate to Palmstreet, an online marketplace for live plants in the vein of Etsy or Poshmark.
—Kat Merck, Wired News, 20 Oct. 2025
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Suzanne Blake, MSNBC Newsweek, 26 Nov. 2025
Readers sent in their beloved recipes and a winner was picked every month to run in the food section and be rewarded with a gift certificate.
—Cathy Thomas, Oc Register, 3 Nov. 2025
As showtime drew near, a woman came into the lobby to buy a pair of $10 gift certificates for a future night out.
—John Carlisle, Freep.com, 26 Oct. 2025
Pair one with a gift certificate to Palmstreet, an online marketplace for live plants in the vein of Etsy or Poshmark.
—Kat Merck, Wired News, 20 Oct. 2025
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 29 Nov. 2025.
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