cards

British  

/ kɑːdz /

noun

1. (usually functioning as singular)

   1. any game or games played with cards, esp playing cards

   2. the playing of such a game

2. an employee's national insurance and other documents held by the employer

3. to be told to leave one's employment

4. US equivalent: in the cards.  possible or likely

5. to carry out one's plans; take action (esp in the phrase play one's cards right )

6. to declare one's intentions, resources, etc

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Example Sentences

They accepted credit cards, offered flat fee rates, stayed open late and put offices in department stores.

From Los Angeles Times

Since then, she said her debt across her three credit cards has accumulated to $6,000.

From BBC

Up until the mid to late 1950s, Social Security records were stored manually or with electromechanical machines, including punched cards and early tabulating equipment.

From MarketWatch

Wells Fargo, Bank of America, Citigroup and JPMorgan all said this week that spending on cards rose in the fourth quarter, while delinquencies on credit cards edged lower.

From The Wall Street Journal

"It was raining, we were all in the tent playing cards with the gang, then we heard shouting," camper Matthew Stanhope told The Age newspaper, saying he and his friends ran to a nearby hill.

From Barron's