Coupon Abbreviations & Terms

Have you been reading money saving and/or couponing blogs or forums and may have come across some terms or abbreviations that seem foreign? I know I certainly have! Below is a list of some abbreviations that I hope will be helpful to you.

Since learning the coupon lingo is an ongoing process, I'm sure there will always be some that I have missed, so please either leave me a comment or email me and I'll add them to the list.

Sunday Newspaper Insert Abbreviations:

PG - Proctor & Gamble

P&GbrandSAVER - A coupon book in most local Sunday newspapers that provides valuable savings on P&G products

RP - Red Plum

SS - SmartSource

V - Valassis

Coupon Abbreviations & Terms:

$1/1, $1/2 – Take $1 off 1 item, $1 off 2 items, etc. This is just an example; there are always different amounts.

2/$3, 2/$5 - Purchase 2 items for $3 (or $1.50 each), 2 items for $5 (or $2.50 each), etc.

(2) - Use 2 coupons or whichever number is shown in parenthesis

AC – After Coupon

Addy – Address

AR – After Rebate

Blinkie - Coupon dispensed near product in the store from a red machine box with a blinking light on it

BOGO, B1G1 or B1G1F – Buy One, Get One FREE

BOLO – Be On the Look Out

BTW – By The Way

CAT or Catalina - Coupon for either money off your next purchase or money off a certain product (at that store) which is printed at the register when you check out or on the back your receipt

CDB - Coupon Data Base

Closeouts - Greatly reduced items that the store does not plan on re-stocking

C/O - Cents Off Coupons

CPN - Coupon

CRT - Cash Register Tape or Receipt

DCRT - Dated Cash Register Tape or Receipt

DND - Do Not Double

Double - Store will double value of coupon

ECB - Extra Care Bucks – CVS “money” which is printed on your receipt when you check out and is to be used on your next transaction

Ecoupon – Electronic coupons you load directly onto your store shopper card

ESR – EasySaver Rebate - Walgreen's Monthly Rebate Program

EXP - Expires or Expiration Date

FAR - Free After Rebate

Filler - An item that is purchased to achieve a minimum purchase amount or toward a bigger purchase requirement

GC - Gift Card or Gift Certificate

GDA - Good Deal Alert

HBA - Health and Beauty Aids

HCW - Hot Coupon World

HDA - Hot Deal Alert

HT - Hang Tag for rebate/refund or a coupon found hanging on a product

IMO - In My Opinion

ISO - In Search Of

Insert - Coupons found in the Sunday paper

IP, IPC or IPQ - Internet Printable Coupon

ISO - In Search Of

IVC - Instant Value Coupon - Walgreen's store coupon found in EasySaver booklet

KM – K-Mart

KG - Kroger

KQ - Kroger Store Coupon

MC or MQ - Manufacturer Coupon

MFG or MFR - Manufacturer

MIR - Mail In Rebate

NAZ - Name, Address, Zipcode

NED - No Expiration Date

OAS - On Any Size (For a coupon that is good on any size item)

OOP - Out of Pocket, what you actually paid

OOS - Out of Stock - A store is temporarily out of an item but plans on re-stocking it

Overage or OVG - Amount considered a profit after you stack coupons or use coupons with rebates, etc.

OYNO - On Your Next Order

OYNP - On Your Next Purchase

OYNSO - On Your Next Shopping Order

Peelie - Coupon you peel off of a package or product. Can be used immediately or at a later time

PM - Price Match or Private Message

POP - Proof Of Purchase

PP - Purchase Price of an item or product

Printables or Printable Coupons - Coupons found on the internet to print

PSA - Prices Starting At

Q or Qs - Coupon or Coupons

RC - Rain Check - A slip you ask for in the store when a sale item is out of stock

Regional - Coupon only distributed to a certain area

RIB - Re Investing Beauty - Coupon from a 99 cent magazine sold at CVS

RR - Register Rewards - Walgreen “money” which is printed on your receipt when you check out and is to be used on your next transaction

SASE – Self Addressed Stamped Envelope

SCR - Single Check Rebate at Rite Aid

SMP - Specially Marked Packages

SP - Stockpile

Stacking - Using two coupons together. For example, you may use a store coupon with a manufacturer's coupon on the same item to increase savings. However, you CANNOT use two manufacturer's coupons or two store coupons together on the same product.

Tear Pad - Coupons or Rebate Forms you tear from a pad hanging from a store shelf or display near the product

TMF - Try Me Free

TQ - Target Store Coupon

UPC - Universal Product Code or Bar Code found on product and is often required when requesting rebates

WAGS - Walgreens

WM – Walmart

WSL - While Supplies Last

WYB - When You Buy

YMMV - Your Mileage (or Manager) May Vary - Meaning you may or may not be able to get the same deal depending on your store's policy or depending on which region you live

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