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secured credit card

secured credit card noun: a type of credit card that requires an upfront cash deposit from the cardholder, which serves as collateral and typically sets the credit limit.

Noun

secured credit card (plural secured credit cards)

  1. A type of credit card that requires an upfront cash deposit from the cardholder, which serves as collateral and typically sets the credit limit.
    • The plaintiff, a Florida corporation, offered a Massachusetts company the services of its resource system in issuing a secured credit card whereby the guaranteed cash surrender value of life insurance policies would be employed to secure credit card debt.1971, American Law Institute, Restatement of the Law, Second: Conflict of Laws, 2d, As Adopted and Promulgated by the American Law Institute at Washington, D.C., May 23, 1969 · Volume 6
    • If you still need to build your credit history after owning a secured credit card, cash advance the maximum limit on that card, take the money to another bank, and follow the same procedure to get another secured credit card.1996, Scott Bilker, Credit Card and Debt Management, A Step-by-step How-to-guide for Organizing Debts and Saving Money on Interest Payments, page 16

Forms of secured credit card

pluralsecured credit cards

Questions about secured credit card

What does secured credit card mean?
Secured credit card means a type of credit card that requires an upfront cash deposit from the cardholder, which serves as collateral and typically sets the credit limit.
What part of speech is secured credit card?
Secured credit card is a noun.
What is the plural of secured credit card?
The plural of secured credit card is secured credit cards.

Words near secured credit card in the dictionary

  1. secure
  2. secure arms
  3. secure by design
  4. secured
  5. secured arms
  6. secured credit card
  7. secured credit cards
  8. secured creditor
  9. secured creditors
  10. secured debt
  11. secured debts

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