0 a piece of printed paper that you can use to buy something at a cheaper price or to get something free -- kupon
1 a printed form in a magazine or newspaper, that you use to send for information, enter a competition, etc -- kupon, talon
In most cases, the short falls should be covered by the value of the coupons and the bonds that mature.
The derivatives are designed to achieve payouts that more closely align the temporal pattern of effective coupons with the needs of retirement income.
Derivatives can be used to enhance coupons and to correctly align risk preferences as between income while still alive and bequests.
With the imposition of a rationing system, the authorities effectively had created a second currency, that of ration cards and coupons.
The coupons were then cut, counted into groups of 100, bundled in packages of 600 and locked up.
Ration cards and coupons came from a variety of sources.
The local grain coupons were usually issued monthly.
Using the highresolution video microscopy system, estimates were made on the numbers of spores retained on the aluminium coupons after plasma treatment.
