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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Apple's annual back-to-school sale is still going, but unlike last year, Apple isn’t offering gift cards on iPad and Mac purchases. PC Magazine, 4 Aug. 2025 Now, several weeks of free rent are not uncommon, along with gift cards and other specials to entice renters. Beck Andrew Salgado, Austin American Statesman, 30 July 2025 Those who have Leilani gift cards will be able to use them at the other two restaurants still open in the Hobbs Building, Touche French Creole and Giardino Trattoria & Pizzeria, according to a post on the Leilani Asian Fusion Facebook page. R. Christian Smith, Chicago Tribune, 29 July 2025 As of July, Moore said a variety of restaurants had donated gift cards and swag for the event, including Filippi’s Pizza Grotto, Wing Stop, Taco Surf, Oscar’s Mexican Seafood, Barista Botanist, Maverick’s, Dirty Birds Bar & Grill, Cafe Athena, Flamingo and Blenders, among others. Elaine Alfaro, San Diego Union-Tribune, 28 July 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 Aug. 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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