credit card

noun

: a card authorizing purchases on credit

Examples of credit card in a Sentence

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Bello Morales then went to a gas station on Montrose Avenue, unsuccessfully trying to withdraw money from an ATM using Levin’s credit cards, prosecutors said. Madeline Buckley, Chicago Tribune, 1 Feb. 2025 Read more Which Amazon credit card is right for you? Ryley Amond, CNBC, 31 Jan. 2025 The share of people making just the minimum payment on their credit cards hit a 12-year high, according to third-quarter 2024 data released last week by the Federal Reserve Bank of Philadelphia. Alicia Wallace, CNN, 31 Jan. 2025 Infractions can range from spending more than a partner would approve of (33 percent), keeping secret debt (23 percent), having a secret credit card (17 percent), a secret savings account (15 percent) or a secret checking account (13 percent). Barbara A. Perry, Newsweek, 28 Jan. 2025 See all Example Sentences for credit card 

Word History

First Known Use

1888, in the meaning defined above

Time Traveler
The first known use of credit card was in 1888

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“Credit card.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/credit%20card. Accessed 10 Feb. 2025.

Kids Definition

credit card

noun
: a card with which one can buy things on credit

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