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affinity card

noun

  1. a credit card issued in conjunction with an organization, as a university or sports club.


affinity card

noun

  1. a credit card issued by a bank or credit-card company, which donates a small percentage of the money spent using the card to a specified charity
  2. a card entitling members of an affinity group (e.g. club, college) to a discount when used for purchases
“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 affinity card1

First recorded in 1985–90
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Example Sentences

American Express, long known as a purveyor of traveler’s checks, started their own credit-card program in 1958, and the Hilton hotel chain’s Carte Blanche expanded their affinity card into a credit card.

From Time

Milton Kidd, a retired professor from Washington, D.C., says he felt strung along by his airline-branded affinity card.

“An affinity card creates a false sense of relationship, of being special,” she explains.

Others say an affinity card is worth it only if you’re a frequent business traveler on an expense account — and even then, it can be risky.

Its affinity card division - credit cards that provide support for charities and Labour and the Liberal Democrats - is being wound down.

From BBC

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