Language of Couponing

Below is a list of all the acronynms I could dig up conserning coupons. Maybe it will help you! Let me know if you know of more to add to the list. Just leave a comment and I'll update the list.

B1G1 - Buy 1, Get 1 Free

BTFE - Box Tops for Education (General Mills)

CATALINA: Manufacturer coupons that are printed out on register tape from a companion machine near the cash register. These are triggered by what you are purchasing.

C/D - Complete Deal
It is a refund form along with the proofs of purchase needed to file for a refund.

C/O: Cents Off Coupon or Cash Off Coupon
These are generally the type that you clip from newspapers, magazines or from products.

CPNS: Coupons or Cents Off Coupon

CODES: Refunds often ask for codes (also known as the UPC Code) when there is a refund on a product that can't be peeled or cut from the packaging like a spray or aerosol can.

DCRT: Dated Cash Register Tape
When this is requested, the date of purchase must be on your register tape or register receipt.

ECB: Easy Care Bucks

These are available only from a CVS Drug Store. They are printed on your cash register receipt after a qualifying purchase has been made. They can be used like cash to make future purchases from CVS.

EPOP: Each Pays Own Postage
This is something you will see if you are into trading or refunding. No LSASE is required to trade.

FAR: Free After Rebate

HT: Hang Tag
These are the small tags you'll find on bottle necks. They could be a coupon or a refund.

IP: Internet printable coupon

IVC: Walgreens Instant Value Coupon (Find these in the WG Easy Saver Catalogs)

ISO: In search of...

LSASE: Long self-addressed, stamped envelope.

XLSASE: Extra large self-addressed, stamped envelope

LSA(2)SE: long self addressed envelope with two stamps on it.

LTD: Generally, refunds that are limited by state.

MIR: Mail-in Rebate

Money Plus: An offer that reads get product XYZ for $10.00 pluss UPCs. This is a purchase; not a refund.

MF: Magazine Refund Form (found in magazine)

NpF: Newspaper Refund Form (found in newspaper)

Neckband: Lable found around the neck of a bottle

NB: National Brand (not regional and not private label or store brand)

NBQ: National Brand Qualifier
A proof of purchase removed from a national brand product.

NED: No Expiration Date
A coupon or refund that doesn't have an expiration date and never expire. You can sometimes get these if you write to a company. Otherwise, they are fairly rare.

OAS: One Any Size
This would include trial size all the way up to the largest size of a particular product.

OOP: Out of Pocket
The actual cash/credit spent on a purchase.

OYNO: On Your Next Order

Catalina coupons is where you will usually see this. They might say something like "Save $1 on your next order".

1-4-1: One For One
Literally the exchange of anything one for one. You get what you give.

POP: Proof of Purchase

Proof Of Purchase Seal:
This is a seal on a package that usually will literally say "Proof of Purchase" across the seal.

PP: Purchase Price
This is the shelf price that you paid for an item. If you are requesting a refund, you will receive what is on your sales receipt. If you couponed your way down to free or nearly free, you will get the actual value that you paid. Remember refunds will reimburse your actual purchase price.

P/H: Postage and Handling

Qualifier: Same as POP (see above)

RP: Red Plum Coupon Insert
Found in the Sunday newspaper.

RR or Register Rewards: Walgreen's name for a Catalina Coupon (see above).

SAE: Self-addressed Envelope

SASE: Self-addressed Stamped Envelope

SMP: SPecially Marked Package
The package may have a refund offer printed on it, a special form for a schwag item like a cooler, t-shirt etc.

SS: SmartSource Coupon Insert
Found in the Sunday newspaper

Sweeps: Sweepstakes Form
These forms are only for sweepstakes and are never in connection to a refund. Most view these as trash and therefore are never traded.

UPC: Universal Product Code
This is the small square on all products that is a collection of black lines on a white background. These are customarily used as a proof of purchase.
NOTE: Internet UPC Database site

WSL or WQL: While Supplies Last or While Quantities Last
These terms can apply to the product itself or to a refund/gift offer.

YMMV: Your Milage May Vary
This is a caution/warning note that a deal or coupon may not work in the location where you shop.