gift card

noun

: a card entitling the recipient to receive goods or services of a specified value from the issuer

Examples of gift card in a Sentence

Recent Examples on the Web Plus, all voters will be automatically registered to win $2,100 worth in gift cards. The San Diego Union-Tribune Staff, San Diego Union-Tribune, 24 Apr. 2024 The same is true if a seller asks you to pay them with gift cards or go to a bitcoin ATM. Detroit Free Press, 23 Apr. 2024 See all Example Sentences for gift card 

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Word History

First Known Use

1990, in the meaning defined above

Time Traveler
The first known use of gift card was in 1990

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“Gift card.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/gift%20card. Accessed 5 May. 2024.

Kids Definition

gift card

noun
: a card that is worth a certain amount of money and that is given to someone to buy something (as goods or services from a business)
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