v. i. [ L. cauponari, fr. caupo huckster, innkeeper. ] To sell wine or victuals. [ Obs. ] Warburfon. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ F., fr. couper to cut, cut off. See Coppice. ] 1. (Com.) A certificate of interest due, printed at the bottom of transferable bonds (state, railroad, etc.), given for a term of years, designed to be cut off and presented for payment when the interest is due; an interest warrant. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. A section of a ticket, showing the holder to be entitled to some specified accomodation or service, as to a passage over a designated line of travel, a particular seat in a theater, or the like. [ 1913 Webster ]

3. a ticket or form allowing the bearer to purchase a specific quantity of rationed goods; -- such coupons are typically issued by a governmental agency. [ PJC ]

4. a printed form, often distributed as part of an advertisement, entitling the bearer to purchase a specific item of merchandise at a discount; or, a similar form which may be submitted to the issuer to obtain goods or information. Such coupons may be issued by the manufacturer (manufacturer's coupon) or by a retail establishment; in the latter case they may then be redeemed only at that particular retail store. [ PJC ]

adv. On this; hereon. [ 1913 Webster ]

{ } n. [ F. jupon, fr. jupe skirt, Sp. aljuba a Moorish garment, Ar. jubba. ] [ Written variously jupe, jump, juppo, etc. ] [ 1913 Webster ]

1. A sleeveless jacket worn over the armor in the 14th century. It fitted closely, and descended below the hips. Dryden. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. A petticoat. Halliwell. [ 1913 Webster ]

adv. 1. Upon that or this; thereon. “They shall feed thereupon.” Zeph. ii. 7. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. On account, or in consequence, of that; therefore. [ 1913 Webster ]

[ He ] hopes to find you forward, . . .
And thereupon he sends you this good news. Shak. [ 1913 Webster ]

3. Immediately; at once; without delay. [ 1913 Webster ]

prep.[ AS. uppan, uppon; upp up + on, an, on. See Up, and On. ] On; -- used in all the senses of that word, with which it is interchangeable. “Upon an hill of flowers.” Chaucer. [ 1913 Webster ]

Our host upon his stirrups stood anon. Chaucer. [ 1913 Webster ]

Thou shalt take of the blood that is upon the altar. Ex. xxix. 21. [ 1913 Webster ]

The Philistines be upon thee, Samson. Judg. xvi. 9. [ 1913 Webster ]

As I did stand my watch upon the hill. Shak. [ 1913 Webster ]

He made a great difference between people that did rebel upon wantonness, and them that did rebel upon want. Bacon. [ 1913 Webster ]

This advantage we lost upon the invention of firearms. Addison. [ 1913 Webster ]

Upon the whole, it will be necessary to avoid that perpetual repetition of the same epithets which we find in Homer. Pope. [ 1913 Webster ]

He had abandoned the frontiers, retiring upon Glasgow. Sir. W. Scott. [ 1913 Webster ]

Philip swore upon the Evangelists to abstain from aggression in my absence. Landor. [ 1913 Webster ]

☞ Upon conveys a more distinct notion that on carries with it of something that literally or metaphorically bears or supports. It is less employed than it used to be, on having for the most part taken its place. Some expressions formed with it belong only to old style; as, upon pity they were taken away; that is, in consequence of pity: upon the rate of thirty thousand; that is, amounting to the rate: to die upon the hand; that is, by means of the hand: he had a garment upon; that is, upon himself: the time is coming fast upon; that is, upon the present time. By the omission of its object, upon acquires an adverbial sense, as in the last two examples. [ 1913 Webster ]

To assure upon (Law), to promise; to undertake. --
To come upon. See under Come. --
To take upon, to assume. [ 1913 Webster ]

adv. Upon which; in consequence of which; after which. [ 1913 Webster ]

The townsmen mutinied and sent to Essex; whereupon he came thither. Clarendon. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. (Bot.) A shrub (Ilex Cassine) of the Holly family, native from Virginia to Florida. The smooth elliptical leaves are used as a substitute for tea, and were formerly used in preparing the black drink of the Indians of North Carolina. Called also South-Sea tea. [ Written also yapon, youpon, and yupon. ] [ 1913 Webster ]

n. (Bot.) Same as Yaupon. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. (Bot.) Same as Yaupon. [ 1913 Webster ]