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gift card

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[gift kahrd] / ˈgɪft ˌkɑrd /

noun

  • gift cards
    plural
  1. a physical card or digital voucher purchased from a retailer and redeemable for goods or services by the holder, who has often received it as a gift.


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One year the charity also helped the family with a gift card for local supermarkets before Christmas.

From BBC ● Oct. 24, 2026

Following instructions, Johna bought a Vanilla Visa gift card, loaded it with $300, and prepared to pay her medbed appointment fee.

From Slate ● Sep. 22, 2026

“Why would that be the case that someone who got a gift card is more likely to falsify than someone who thinks I’m going to get $6,000 at the end of this?” she said.

From Los Angeles Times ● Jul. 31, 2026

Mottet so far has received a $10 gift card in exchange for posts including videos of her trying on new clothes in a Target changing room and a roundup of her weekly Target shop.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 27, 2026

“Really? Like you can’t just give him a gift card to GameStop or something?”

From "Beauty Queens" by Libba Bray

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