credit card

American  

noun

• credit cards
  plural

1. a card that identifies a person as entitled to have food, merchandise, services, etc., billed on a charge account.

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credit card British  

noun

1. a card issued by banks, businesses, etc, enabling the holder to obtain goods and services on credit

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Other Word Forms

Noun Inflected Forms

• credit cards
  plural

Etymology

Origin of credit card

An Americanism dating back to 1885–90

Example Sentences

See Examples For:

credit card

The bot can then buy things on its own, without consulting the credit card holder or first seeking permission.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 18, 2026

The agentic system would allow a virtual credit card to be issued to a person’s AI bot to buy things on its own, without first seeking permission.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 18, 2026

That’s around half the average rate of the APR for a credit card with a balance.

From MarketWatch ● Sep. 16, 2026

"I was going to pay off my credit card and whatever was left I was going to put into my business," says the driving consultant from Chippenham.

From BBC ● Sep. 16, 2026

The day I would buy my ticket using my dad’s credit card.

From "The Thing About Jellyfish" by Ali Benjamin

Related Words

• bank card