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CREDIT CARD
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I. (noun)
Sense 1
Meaning:
A card (usually plastic) that assures a seller that the person using it has a satisfactory credit rating and that the issuer will see to it that the seller receives payment for the merchandise delivered
Example:
do you take plastic?
Synonyms:
charge card; charge plate; credit card; plastic
Classified under:
Nouns denoting possession and transfer of possession
Hypernyms ("credit card" is a kind of...):
positive identification (evidence proving that you are who you say you are; evidence establishing that you are among the group of people already known to the system; recognition by the system leads to acceptance)
charge account credit; open-end credit; revolving credit (a consumer credit line that can be used up to a certain limit or paid down at any time)
Meronyms (parts of "credit card"):
magnetic stripe (a short strip of magnetic tape attached to a credit card or debit card; it contains data that will tell a reading device who you are and what your account number is, etc.)
Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "credit card"):
bank card (a credit card issued by a bank)
calling card; phone card (a card that is used instead of cash to make telephone calls)
cash card; cashcard (a credit card that entitles the holder to receive cash)
