CREDIT CARD

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does credit card mean? 

• CREDIT CARD (noun)
  The noun CREDIT CARD has 1 sense:

1. 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

  Familiarity information: CREDIT CARD used as a noun is very rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• CREDIT CARD (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

Classified under:

Nouns denoting possession and transfer of possession

Synonyms:

charge card; charge plate; credit card; plastic

Context example:

do you take plastic?

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)

 Context examples 

Scrutinize your credit card and bank statements to make sure there are no unauthorized charges.

(AstrologyZone.com, by Susan Miller)

This can be abused to steal sensitive information such as credit card numbers, passwords, chat messages, emails, photos and so on.

(Digital security researchers publicly reveal vulnerability in WPA2 WiFi protocol, Wikinews)

Or you may have to pay up on a court or divorce settlement, back child support, a student loan, or credit card.

(AstrologyZone.com, by Susan Miller)

Also, examine your bank and credit card statements carefully for errors or unauthorized charges, for they tend to show up in greater frequency during Mercury retrograde periods.

(AstrologyZone.com, by Susan Miller)

On this day, you may send a large check, perhaps to pay off a credit card bill or college tuition.

(AstrologyZone.com, by Susan Miller)

Make sure no one has made unauthorized charges to your credit card or printed counterfeit checks that are linked to your checking account.

(AstrologyZone.com, by Susan Miller)

Specifically, you will do well in one or more of these areas—by a payment of commission, royalty, cash advance, licensing fee, bonus, or such outside sources as an inheritance, insurance claim payment, scholarship or university financial aid, bank loan or line of credit, venture capital, credit card, mortgage or refinanced mortgage, divorce or court settlement, or prize winnings.

(AstrologyZone.com, by Susan Miller)