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affinity card

affinity card noun: a credit card made available by a bank or other lender to qualified people associated with a sponsoring organization (such as a club, educational institution, charity, or business), typically with provision for a portion of the lender's interest income to be paid to the sponsor and sometimes providing special benefits (such as reduced fees) for the users.

Noun

affinity card (plural affinity cards)

  1. A credit card made available by a bank or other lender to qualified people associated with a sponsoring organization (such as a club, educational institution, charity, or business), typically with provision for a portion of the lender's interest income to be paid to the sponsor and sometimes providing special benefits (such as reduced fees) for the users.
    • Typically, an affinity card holder should produce between $8 and $12 per year to the affinity group," said George Hanold, president of Alliance Marketing, a company that sets up agreements between banks and groups.1987 November 29, Diane Cole, “What's New in Fund-Raising: Using Plastic to Rev Up Revenues”, in New York Times, retrieved 29 Oct 2013
    • [I]ssuers of credit cards . . . began years ago with such offerings as travel discounts and so-called affinity cards, which feature the logos of sports teams or donate a portion of every charge to charity.2001 June 24, Janice Castro, “Financial Services: Charge It Your Way”, in Time, retrieved 29 Oct 2013

Forms of affinity card

pluralaffinity cards

Questions about affinity card

What does affinity card mean?
Affinity card means a credit card made available by a bank or other lender to qualified people associated with a sponsoring organization (such as a club, educational institution, charity, or business), typically with provision for a portion of the lender's interest income to be paid to the sponsor and sometimes providing special benefits (such as reduced fees) for the users.
What part of speech is affinity card?
Affinity card is a noun.
What is the plural of affinity card?
The plural of affinity card is affinity cards.

Words near affinity card in the dictionary

  1. affinities
  2. affinition
  3. affinitions
  4. affinitive
  5. affinity
  6. affinity card
  7. affinity cards
  8. affinity fraud
  9. affinity frauds
  10. affinity group
  11. affinity reagent

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