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

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Cyber Monday Deal: Take 20% off sitewide (excluding gift cards and subscriptions) using code BELLYJOY20. Jenifer Calle, Glamour, 2 Dec. 2024 Bank employees conspired with criminals, processing $470 million in suspicious transactions and accepting over $57,000 in gift cards as bribes. Andrew Sever, Forbes, 2 Dec. 2024 Donate a vehicle, donate car repairs, or buy an Uber or Lyft gift card and send it to the agency. Nicole Villalpando, Austin American-Statesman, 1 Dec. 2024 During that time, shoppers will receive a raffle ticket for every $5 spent at a business on Main Street, with prizes including wines, guitars, sweet treats and gift cards. Thomas Goodwin Smith, Baltimore Sun, 29 Nov. 2024 See all Example Sentences for gift card 

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 15 Dec. 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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