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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

That could include private financial or personal information—like the credit-card numbers you used to pay for the corrupted Wi-Fi.

From paying with a credit card to knowing what my car was, they found out my name.

All they have to do is go on the site, pick a dinner, and enter their credit card number.

No wrangling with credit card machines or digging for change.

If you miss your session, you authorize the app to charge your credit card or PayPal account.

The credit card is different from any other; it seems to be the most simple of all the monthly systems.

I stuck my credit card in the meter and hopped out, not fast enough to duck the fan-driven pin-pricks of sand as he pulled away.

He hates being put on hold when he calls about his credit-card bill.

A system of book-keeping may be devised, and each purchaser may use a credit card, or some similar device.

At first I used a credit card arranged after the order of a meal ticket.

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