card in

Idioms  

1. Sign in to one's place of business by use of a magnetic card, as in I told him I'd card in for him if he was late tomorrow. Similarly, card out means to sign out of one's place of business, as in I want to sneak out early, so could you please card out for me at the end of the day? This term arose in the 1940s with the invention of automated check-in systems.

---

Example Sentences

Personal loans “don’t bring the flexibility that you would have with a credit card, for example, where if money’s tight and you need to pay a little bit less on your credit card in a given month because grocery prices have gone up,” Schulz said.

From MarketWatch

The company launched prediction markets in December and a credit card in partnership with American Express in June.

From Barron's

The company launched prediction markets in December and a credit card in partnership with American Express last June.

From Barron's

Nakatani beat Mexico's Sebastian Hernandez by unanimous decision on the same card in his super-bantamweight debut.

From Barron's

Dana seals the camera’s memory card in an evidence envelope.

From Los Angeles Times