gift certificate
noun
: a certificate entitling the recipient to receive goods or services of a specified value from the issuer
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Register online; each class is $28 and includes a goodie bag and $10 gift certificate toward a purchase at the nursery.
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Jeanette Marantos, Los Angeles Times, 1 Jan. 2026
Cash and cash-equivalent gifts and bonuses such as gift cards, season tickets to sporting or theatrical events and gift certificates are taxed, Pon said.
—Medora Lee, USA Today, 27 Dec. 2025
What about gift certificates, telephone cards and reloadable spending cards?
—Tamia Fowlkes, jsonline.com, 25 Dec. 2025
Five gift certificates for chocolate.
—CBS News, 5 Dec. 2025
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Jeanette Marantos, Los Angeles Times, 1 Jan. 2026
Cash and cash-equivalent gifts and bonuses such as gift cards, season tickets to sporting or theatrical events and gift certificates are taxed, Pon said.
—Medora Lee, USA Today, 27 Dec. 2025
What about gift certificates, telephone cards and reloadable spending cards?
—Tamia Fowlkes, jsonline.com, 25 Dec. 2025
Five gift certificates for chocolate.
—CBS News, 5 Dec. 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 4 Jan. 2026.
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