Word: coupon
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Dates: during 1950-1959
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SEARS, ROEBUCK & CO., an old hand at the high-volume, low-margin selling practiced by the new discount houses, is slashing back at the upstarts. It will indirectly cut prices by giving away merchandise certificates with some of its major appliances (e.g., a $38 coupon with a $384.95 refrigerator...
...bills. This is a good way to satisfy solicitors without giving them cash, to impress them with one's generosity, and to forget the obligation completely. According to the plan which the Combined Charities committee is presently advocating, these careless pledges would be charged on term bills as "Coupon books," used ordinarily to buy extra meals. Certainly, a plan which in the past has foisted student generosity on parents is bad enough, without further disguising donations as midnight snacks...
...Eliot grill, which also serves sandwiches and other snacks, but not beer, is open daily except Saturday until midnight, and is designed for the use of all undergraduates. All purchases there, like Harkness, must be made by coupon...
...University ruling last autumn, the Combined Charities was forced to ask for money by cash, check, or pledge. Previously, contributions to the drive were collected on term bills under the classification, "Coupon books...
Budget Plan. Meal tickets for dining in some of Italy's best restaurants at a fixed price of $3.75 went on sale in travel agencies. Each coupon entitles a tourist to a complete dinner with entertainment and tips (drinks extra) in any of 23 listed restaurants in Rome. Palermo, Florence, Genoa, Milan, Turin, Venice and Viareggio...