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Previous Thread Next Thread Print Thread Page 1 of 2 1 2 Word or term for gift certificates, in-store credits, etc #187081 10/04/09 03:23 AM Joined: Oct 2009 Posts: 3 H haller OP stranger OP haller stranger H Joined: Oct 2009 Posts: 3 Hi, I hope you can help me. I'm writing a computer program to be used for personal money management, and I'm hung up in the design process. I need a word (or short term) that describes gift certificates, in-store credits (as when you return an item without a receipt), and gift cards/cash cards (MC/Visa cards that may be received for a product rebate or as a gift), and also differentiates them from "deposit accounts" (checking and savings accounts) and "credit accounts" (credit cards, etc.). The most relevant difference for my purpose is that the gift certificates, and the others in the group, start off at a certain monetary value which reduces as the money value is spent, and generally it’s not possible to add money value back to them. Thanks very much. Copy Link to Clipboard Share Post on Facebook Share Post on Twitter Re: Word or term for gift certificates, in-store credits, etc haller #187084 10/04/09 02:36 PM Joined: Mar 2000 Posts: 1,027 Switzerland wsieber old hand wsieber old hand Joined: Mar 2000 Posts: 1,027 Switzerland Would "voucher" fit the bill? Copy Link to Clipboard Share Post on Facebook Share Post on Twitter Re: Word or term for gift certificates, in-store credits, etc wsieber #187085 10/04/09 02:56 PM Joined: Oct 2009 Posts: 3 H haller OP stranger OP haller stranger H Joined: Oct 2009 Posts: 3 Voucher is interesting, I hadn't thought of it. But I'm not sure. Here are the ideas I’ve com up with so far. I thought someone might be able to improve or fix one, but I’m also wide open to not using any of them. finite credit balances finite usable funds finite credit funds available credit balances credit holdings finite principal resources usable credit balances None seems descriptive or natural sounding enough, and I need the word or term to be intuitively understandable and as unambiguous as possible. Copy Link to Clipboard Share Post on Facebook Share Post on Twitter Re: Word or term for gift certificates, in-store credits, etc haller #187086 10/04/09 04:41 PM Joined: Jul 2005 Posts: 1,773 Apple Valley, CA, USA D dalehileman Pooh-Bah dalehileman Pooh-Bah D Joined: Jul 2005 Posts: 1,773 Apple Valley, CA, USA Hall: If you haven't already been there, and if you have the patience, http://onelook.com/?w=*&loc=revfp2&clue=gift+certificate+credit dalehileman Copy Link to Clipboard Share Post on Facebook Share Post on Twitter Re: Word or term for gift certificates, in-store credits, etc haller #187095 10/05/09 02:16 AM Joined: Mar 2000 Posts: 11,613 Louisville, Kentucky Jackie Carpal Tunnel Jackie Carpal Tunnel Joined: Mar 2000 Posts: 11,613 Louisville, Kentucky Hi, haller; how about limited-use Somethings? Limited-use funds, maybe? Limited-use seems intuitively understandable to me--and I know nothing about finance. Copy Link to Clipboard Share Post on Facebook Share Post on Twitter Re: Word or term for gift certificates, in-store credits, etc Jackie #187098 10/05/09 02:55 AM Joined: Dec 2006 Posts: 956 Auckland, New Zealand olly old hand olly old hand Joined: Dec 2006 Posts: 956 Auckland, New Zealand What about 'Chips' or 'Tokens'? Copy Link to Clipboard Share Post on Facebook Share Post on Twitter Re: Word or term for gift certificates, in-store credits, etc olly #187100 10/05/09 10:34 AM Joined: Dec 2000 Posts: 13,803 Faldage Carpal Tunnel Faldage Carpal Tunnel Joined: Dec 2000 Posts: 13,803 What do you need this term for? If it's just a label in a program something like CashEquiv might work. Copy Link to Clipboard Share Post on Facebook Share Post on Twitter Re: Word or term for gift certificates, in-store credits, etc Faldage #187106 10/05/09 02:47 PM Joined: Oct 2009 Posts: 3 H haller OP stranger OP haller stranger H Joined: Oct 2009 Posts: 3 Thanks everybody. dalehileman, interesting website. I didn't see the answer though. Jackie, I too thought of the word "limited" but decided against it because 1)it's kind of a downer word, and 2) it's too ambiguous. I replaced it in my musings with "finite", which I decided was even more of a downer even it it might be a bit less ambiguous. Olly, I don't think chips or tokens would be quite right. They're too ambiguous and unintuitive. Faldage, the label must be intuitively understood by users and fit with the chemistry of the program. So it is important to get it right. Credit cards could also be considered cash equivalents, but they fall under the "credit accounts" category. What about "spendable credit balances"? Copy Link to Clipboard Share Post on Facebook Share Post on Twitter Re: Word or term for gift certificates, in-store credits, etc haller #187123 10/06/09 02:54 AM Joined: Mar 2000 Posts: 11,613 Louisville, Kentucky Jackie Carpal Tunnel Jackie Carpal Tunnel Joined: Mar 2000 Posts: 11,613 Louisville, Kentucky For me that's not instantly intuitive, but familiarization with your program should render that point moot. I ran finite through thesaurus.com; I'll post what it gave me, in case any of these fit your bill: bound, bounded, circumscribed, conditioned, confined, definable, definite, delimited, demarcated, determinate, exact, fixed, limited, precise, restricted, specific, terminable belted, bordered, boundaried, circumscribed, compassed, contiguous, defined, definite, delimited, determinate, edged, encircled, enclosed, encompassed, enveloped, fenced, finite, flanked, fringed, girdled, hedged, hog-tied, limitary, restricted, rimmed, ringed, surrounded, walled bound, bounded, checked, circumscribed, confined, constrained, controlled, curbed, defined, delimited, determinate, finite, fixed, hampered, hemmed in, local, modified, narrow, particular, precise, qualified, reserved, restrained, sectional, topical animate, bipedal, corporeal, creatural, earthly, ecce homo, ephemeral, evanescent, fading, finite, frail, fugacious, impermanent, momentary, passing, perishable, precarious, sublunary, temporal, transient, weak, worldly Copy Link to Clipboard Share Post on Facebook Share Post on Twitter Re: Word or term for gift certificates, in-store credits, etc Jackie #187152 10/07/09 05:10 AM Joined: Aug 2002 Posts: 2,154 British Columbia, Canada Z Zed Pooh-Bah Zed Pooh-Bah Z Joined: Aug 2002 Posts: 2,154 British Columbia, Canada Voucher (or non-renewable voucher) is the most intuitive for me. 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