MAGNETIC STRIPE

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 I. (noun) 

Sense 1

Meaning:

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.

Classified under:

Nouns denoting man-made objects

Hypernyms ("magnetic stripe" is a kind of...):

mag tape; magnetic tape; tape (memory device consisting of a long thin plastic strip coated with iron oxide; used to record audio or video signals or to store computer information)

Holonyms ("magnetic stripe" is a part of...):

charge card; charge plate; credit card; plastic (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)

debit card (a card (usually plastic) that enables the holder to withdraw money or to have the cost of purchases charged directly to the holder's bank account)

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