trading card

Save This Word!

noun

one of a set of small cards, as one depicting professional athletes, either sold separately or included as a premium with packages of bubblegum or the like, collected and traded, especially by children.

QUIZ

ALL IN FAVO(U)R OF THIS BRITISH VS. AMERICAN ENGLISH QUIZ

There's an ocean of difference between the way people speak English in the US vs. the UK. Are your language skills up to the task of telling the difference? Let's find out!

Question 1 of 7

True or false? British English and American English are only different when it comes to slang words.

true

false

TAKE THE QUIZ TO FIND OUT

Words nearby trading card

trade unionist, trade up, trade-weighted, trade wind, trade winds, trading card, trading estate, trading floor, trading post, trading stamp, tradition

Dictionary.com Unabridged Based on the Random House Unabridged Dictionary, © Random House, Inc. 2023

How to use trading card in a sentence

Alongside cryptocurrencies and non-fungible tokens, the trading card market became another beneficiary of so much free time.
On the hunt for his next sports-card score|Kent Babb|July 14, 2021|Washington Post
Collectors began trading fan-made memes, called Rare Pepes, and in 2016, a developer created the online platform Rare Pepe Wallet for buying, selling and exchanging them like trading cards.
Matt Furie is trying to reclaim his famous cartoon Pepe the Frog — through NFTs|Michael Cavna|May 30, 2021|Washington Post
Target says it’s done with trading cards — at least for the time being — after a dispute outside one of its Milwaukee-area stores escalated into violence and multiple arrests.
‘Collectibles versus commodities’: As Target halts sales of trading cards, collectors reckon with fast-changing hobby|Jacob Bogage|May 13, 2021|Washington Post
Sales of other electronics products, including the Xbox Series X and graphics cards, have also grown rapidly, as have categories such as collectibles and trading cards.
For StockX, selling sneakers is just the beginning|Marc Bain|May 8, 2021|Quartz

He signed endorsement deals with Gatorade, Topps, which has offered both physical trading cards and NFTs with his likeness, and the cryptocurrency investment app Blockfolio—his signing bonus was paid in crypto.
'Judge Me By My Actions.' Trevor Lawrence Discusses the 2021 NFL Draft and Questions About His Work Ethic|Sean Gregory|April 28, 2021|Time
That could include private financial or personal information—like the credit-card numbers you used to pay for the corrupted Wi-Fi.
How ‘Ethical’ Hotel Chain Marriott Gouges Guests in the Name of Wi-Fi Security|Kyle Chayka|December 31, 2014|DAILY BEAST
The screenwriting was one last card Brinsley was trying to play after every other trade he tried had turned to zeroes.
Alleged Cop Killer’s Blood-Soaked Screenplay|M.L. Nestel|December 24, 2014|DAILY BEAST
“Our hearts and our prayers are with you,” read a message on the accompanying card.
'Please Don't Die!': The Frantic Battle to Save Murdered Cops|Michael Daly|December 22, 2014|DAILY BEAST
Then the gift card is shopped online in a gray market to collect cold currency.
The Insane $11 Billion Scam at Retailers’ Return Desks|M.L. Nestel|December 19, 2014|DAILY BEAST
Along the river, crumbling remnants of an active trading hub are overtaken by nature.
The Congo's Forgotten Colonial Getaway|Nina Strochlic|December 18, 2014|DAILY BEAST
The card table profitably occupies some six to eight hours daily of these old fellows' attention.
The Pit Town Coronet, Volume I (of 3)|Charles James Wills
In most club card-rooms smoking is not permitted, but at the Pandemonium it is the fashion to smoke everywhere.
The Pit Town Coronet, Volume I (of 3)|Charles James Wills
He showed his wisdom in giving the Pandemonium card-room a very wide berth for the rest of his days.
The Pit Town Coronet, Volume I (of 3)|Charles James Wills
He has drawn a knave and a six; he takes another card; this turns out to be an ace.
The Pit Town Coronet, Volume I (of 3)|Charles James Wills
This, of course, I always gave to the guide to use in sending the letter when he got to the trading-post.
The Boarded-Up House|Augusta Huiell Seaman

British Dictionary definitions for trading card

trading card

noun

any of a set of cards printed with images or information relating to a specific subject, intended to be traded between collectors seeking to acquire a full set

Collins English Dictionary - Complete & Unabridged 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012