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. 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. 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. 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. Barbara A. Perry, Newsweek, 28 Jan. 2025 See all Example Sentences for gift card 

Word History

First Known Use

1990, in the meaning defined above

Time Traveler
The first known use of gift card was in 1990

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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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