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

Nehls only disclosed a handful of bank accounts, stock and a mutual fund — all worth less than $15,000, while listing liabilities in the form of revolving credit from three credit card companies.

From Salon ● Jul. 24, 2026

Robinhood entered the credit-card business in 2023, when it acquired Rao’s credit card startup X1 after rolling out a debit card.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 22, 2026

If you focused on paying this credit card off over, say, three years at the same APR, you would need to pay more than $1,300 a month.

From MarketWatch ● Jul. 17, 2026

In interviews with the Insolvency Service, Wagh admitted using the funds to pay off personal credit card debts and loans, saying she thought that by clearing her personal debts, she would be helping her businesses.

From BBC ● Jul. 17, 2026

I pressed my credit card into the nurse’s hand.

From "Born a Crime: Stories from a South African Childhood" by Trevor Noah

Related Words

• bank card