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gift card
noun
: a card entitling the recipient to receive goods or services of a specified value from the issuer
Examples of gift card in a Sentence
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Ask if, in the future – say for birthdays or holidays – a gift card or cash would go further.
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R. Eric Thomas, The Mercury News, 30 Jan. 2025
Ask if, in the future — say for birthdays or holidays — a gift card or cash would go further.
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R. Eric Thomas, The Denver Post, 30 Jan. 2025
Fashion Nova also allegedly illegally used gift cards to compensate consumers for products that had not yet been shipped instead of providing refunds.
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Suhauna Hussain, Los Angeles Times, 28 Jan. 2025
The viral claim about Trader Joe's offering $750 gift cards has become the latest ploy targeting unsuspecting consumers.
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Barbara A. Perry, Newsweek, 28 Jan. 2025
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Word History
First Known Use
1990, in the meaning defined above
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“Gift card.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/gift%20card. Accessed 10 Feb. 2025.
Kids Definition
gift card
noun
: a card that is worth a certain amount of money and that is given to someone to buy something (as goods or services from a business)
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