Words / V / Law

vouch

/vaʊtʃ/

B1CEFR level
40/100Rarity: uncommon
TechnicalRegister

Law verb

To assert or confirm the truth or reliability of something from personal knowledge.

No colleague was willing to vouch for the accuracy of the ledger entries under oath.

Similar: attest, affirm, guarantee

Topic: Evidence & procedure in Legal English

Business verb

To test a recorded entry by tracing it back to its supporting documentation.

The junior auditor vouched each large expense to an approved invoice and a proof of payment.

Similar: substantiate, verify

Topic: Accounting in Business English

Rarity runs from 0 (a word everyone knows) to 100 (almost never seen outside specialist or literary writing). Level is the word's real difficulty on the CEFR scale, from A1 to C2.

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