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View synonyms for credit card

credit card

noun

  1. a card that identifies a person as entitled to have food, merchandise, services, etc., billed on a charge account.


credit card

noun

  1. a card issued by banks, businesses, etc, enabling the holder to obtain goods and services on credit
“Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged” 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012
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Word History and Origins

Origin of credit card1

An Americanism dating back to 1885–90
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Example Sentences

The arms race to get your credit card loyalty isn't slowing down.

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Higher rates mean higher borrowing costs for loans, credit cards and mortgage deals, but it also provides better returns on savings.

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The DCI has asked Interpol to help track Mr Scott's mobile phone and debit and credit card transactions.

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He used the foundation credit card instead of his personal one to buy the tires by mistake, he said, and purchased the gas because he was driving his personal car on foundation business.

Before Albarran’s purchase was final, he charged to a union credit card roughly $1,500 in mechanical work and improvements to the car, including installing two new tires and flushing its transmission, the sources said.

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