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green card
noun
- an official card, originally green, issued by the U.S. government to foreign nationals permitting them to work in the U.S.
green card
noun
- an official permit allowing the holder permanent residence and employment, issued to foreign nationals in the US
- an insurance document covering motorists against accidents abroad
- social welfare (in Britain) an identification card issued by the Manpower Services Commission to a disabled person, to show registration for employment purposes and eligibility for special services See also handicap register registered disabled
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Other Words From
- green-carder noun
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Word History and Origins
Origin of green card1
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Example Sentences
Denied in his green-card application, he said, “I came instantly that day,” to the shrine.
For reference, in 2009 alone 227,000 foreign nationals received a green card by means of marriage.
Prosecutors generally just target organized green card fraud rings, he said.
An educated son, or one with a Green Card, is seen as a “good catch” and therefore fetches vast sums for his family.
Indeed, earning a law degree and joining the Supreme Court bar was more straightforward than getting a green card!
In the middle of the wall hung a large olive-green card with silver lettering.
Fig. 406 is the original issue of the French military postcard, on thin green card.
The table was set out with the best green card-cloth, and writing materials upon it.
The green card was good for nothing during a week of red cards.
Old Ehrenberg, Nrnberger and Wilt had sat down at a green card-table to play tarok.
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