In School:
-The only thing you get from winning a school event.
-A useless
piece of paper you can win and
brag about with other students.
Other Situations:
-A piece of paper proving something you have or own is yours.
-Common types are Birth, Marriage and Death.
-I won a
certificate at a school competition today, the fuck am I gonna do with this? You think I burnt half of my life in training for this moment only to get this thing?
-Here's a certificate of me winning firsr place.
Suck it.
-Dude, that thing is mine, I have proof here, a certificate with specific date and my signature and such...
-I got
my birth certificate today now I can apply for this school.