gift certificates

Prepaid shopping cards

Gift certificates are vouchers issued by a business that can be redeemed for goods or services up to a specified value.

They function as prepaid credit: She received a gift certificate to her favorite restaurant.

The term is largely interchangeable with gift card, though gift certificates traditionally come on paper while gift cards are plastic.

Both may expire or carry fees.

Opposites
payment flexibility

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Ready spending funds

money · currency · legal tender · hard currency · liquid assets

specificity of gift

gift certificatespersonalized gifts

Presents tailored to recipient

tangible goods · heirlooms · keepsakes

Family

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Known to kids · Used worldwide · Timeless · Concrete · Positive · Everyday, not technical · Rated G