debit card
noun
: a card like a credit card by which money may be withdrawn or the cost of purchases paid directly from the holder's bank account without the payment of interest
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Nearly two decades after individual states began allowing cannabis to be used for medicinal purposes, many licensed dispensaries still can’t accept credit or debit cards because payment processors won’t take them on as clients.
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Hannah Parker, NBC news, 24 Dec. 2025
The use of cash and personal checks has dropped in recent years while credit and debit card payments rose, according to the latest 2025 Diary of Consumer Payment Choice, put out yearly by the Federal Reserve Financial Services FedCash Services.
—Betty Lin-Fisher, USA Today, 23 Dec. 2025
Cash, credit, and debit cards will be accepted at the gate.
—Kirby Adams, Louisville Courier Journal, 12 Dec. 2025
The Mackinac Bridge accepts cash, credit/debit cards, Apple Pay, or Google Pay.
—Jalen Williams, Freep.com, 11 Dec. 2025
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Hannah Parker, NBC news, 24 Dec. 2025
The use of cash and personal checks has dropped in recent years while credit and debit card payments rose, according to the latest 2025 Diary of Consumer Payment Choice, put out yearly by the Federal Reserve Financial Services FedCash Services.
—Betty Lin-Fisher, USA Today, 23 Dec. 2025
Cash, credit, and debit cards will be accepted at the gate.
—Kirby Adams, Louisville Courier Journal, 12 Dec. 2025
The Mackinac Bridge accepts cash, credit/debit cards, Apple Pay, or Google Pay.
—Jalen Williams, Freep.com, 11 Dec. 2025
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“Debit card.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/debit%20card. Accessed 31 Dec. 2025.
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