credit card

noun

: a card authorizing purchases on credit

Examples of credit card in a Sentence

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Here's what the rate cut means for mortgages, car loans, credit cards and more. Alex Harring, CNBC, 18 Sep. 2025 Often, private group fliers would put a whole trip on one person's credit card, then the others would be responsible for reimbursement. Eileen Falkenberg-Hull, MSNBC Newsweek, 18 Sep. 2025 If mortgages, auto loans, and credit card rates go down, consumers will have more disposable income to spend. Rohit Arora, Forbes.com, 17 Sep. 2025 Bankrate estimates that people making just the monthly minimum payment of $173 on the average credit card balance of $6,473 might save all of one dollar a month in payments when their rate is reduced. Jeanne Sahadi, CNN Money, 17 Sep. 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 21 Sep. 2025.

Kids Definition

credit card

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

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