trading card

American  

noun

• trading cards
  plural

1. one of a set of small cards, as one depicting professional athletes, either sold separately or included as a premium with packages of bubblegum or the like, collected and traded, especially by children.

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trading card British  

noun

1. any of a set of cards printed with images or information relating to a specific subject, intended to be traded between collectors seeking to acquire a full set

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Other Word Forms

Noun Inflected Forms

• trading cards
  plural

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Example Sentences

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trading card

Longtime sports business reporter Darren Rovell, an avid trading card and memorabilia collector since childhood, said on social media that expensive collectibles are at risk any time they are shipped.

From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 20, 2026

“It is likely a temporary seizure for the purpose of the current fighting and it could also serve as a type of trading card for the future in the negotiations with the Lebanese,” she said.

From The Wall Street Journal ● May 31, 2026

A 1997 Kobe Bryant Metal Universe Precious Metal Gems rookie trading card with a metallic green background sold for a record amount.

From Los Angeles Times ● Apr. 25, 2026

"Some of these thieves, they don't know what they're taking," said Roy Raftery, trading card expert at Stanley Gibbons Baldwins.

From BBC ● Apr. 16, 2026

Nico tossed another trading card into the blue flames.

From "The Battle of the Labyrinth" by Rick Riordan

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