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credit card

US/ˈkɹɛdɪt ˌkɑɹd/

credit card noun: a plastic card, usually with a magnetic strip or an embedded microchip, connected to a credit account and used to buy goods or services.

credit card: a plastic card, usually with a magnetic strip or an embedded microchip, connected to a credit...
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Noun

credit card (plural credit cards)

  1. A plastic card, usually with a magnetic strip or an embedded microchip, connected to a credit account and used to buy goods or services.
    • Can you pay by credit card in that store? - Sure, actually I've used my credit card this very morning.
    • Finance is seldom romantic. But the idea of peer-to-peer lending comes close. This is an industry that brings together individual savers and lenders on online platforms.[…]Banks and credit-card firms are kept out of the picture. Talk to enough people in the field and someone is bound to mention the...2013 June 1, “End of the peer show”, in The Economist, volume 407, number 8838, page 71
    Synonyms:
    chargecard
  2. (informal) Any type of bank card.

credit card meaning in Hindi, Tamil, Urdu and Bengali

credit card in Hindi

card connected to a credit account used to buy goods or services
क्रेडिट कार्ड kreḍiṭ kārḍ

credit card in Tamil

card connected to a credit account used to buy goods or services
கடன் அட்டை kaṭaṉ aṭṭai

credit card in Urdu

card connected to a credit account used to buy goods or services
کِریڈِٹ کارْڈ kireḍiṭ kārḍ

credit card in Bengali

card connected to a credit account used to buy goods or services
ক্রেডিট কার্ড kreḍiṭ karḍo
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credit card in Punjabi
ਕ੍ਰੈਡਿਟ ਕਾਰਡ kraiḍiṭ kāraḍ
credit card in Gujarati
ધિરાણપત્ર dhirāṇpatra
credit card in Odia
କ୍ରେଡିଟ କାର୍ଡ଼ kreḍiṭa kārṛa
credit card in Sinhala
ක්රෙඩිට් කාඩ්පත kreḍiṭ kāḍpata
credit card in Pashto
باور کارډ bāwar kārḍ
credit card in Arabic
بِطَاقَةُ اِئْتِمَان biṭāqatu iʔtimān, بِطَاقَةُ تَسْلِيف biṭāqatu taslīf, كْرِدِت كَرْد kridit kard
credit card in Malay
kad kredit
credit card in Indonesian
kartu kredit
credit card in Thai
บัตรเครดิต bàt-kree-dìt
credit card in Vietnamese
thẻ tín dụng
credit card in Myanmar
အကြွေးဝယ်ကတ်ပြား a.krwe:waikatpra:

Synonyms of credit card

Forms of credit card

pluralcredit cards

Words formed from credit card

Questions about credit card

What does credit card mean?
Credit card means a plastic card, usually with a magnetic strip or an embedded microchip, connected to a credit account and used to buy goods or services.
What is credit card in Hindi?
Credit card in Hindi is क्रेडिट कार्ड (kreḍiṭ kārḍ). See Credit card meaning in Hindi.
What part of speech is credit card?
Credit card is a noun.
How do you pronounce credit card?
Credit card is pronounced /ˈkɹɛdɪt ˌkɑɹd/ (US).
What is the plural of credit card?
The plural of credit card is credit cards.

Words near credit card in the dictionary

  1. credit bar
  2. credit bars
  3. credit bureau
  4. credit bureaus
  5. credit bureaux
  6. credit card
  7. credit card slot
  8. credit card slots
  9. credit card tart
  10. credit card tarts
  11. credit card terminal

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