debit card

noun

: a card like a credit card by which money may be withdrawn or the cost of purchases paid directly from the holder's bank account without the payment of interest

Examples of debit card in a Sentence

Recent Examples on the Web

Corum gave her children debit cards and uses a family personal finance app connected to the cards to distribute their allowances and monitor their spending. — ABC News, 30 June 2026

The EverBank Performance℠ Money Market account, for example, comes with check-writing privileges and an ATM/debit card. — Dan Avery,elizabeth Gravier, CNBC, 30 June 2026

But a narrow slice of the relationship—a direct deposit here, a debit card there—leaves valuable transactions on the table. — Jb Orecchia, Forbes.com, 29 June 2026

Big changes coming to Social Security debit cards Mike Snider reports that a major change is coming for Social Security recipients who get their benefits sent to a debit card. — Daniel De Visé, USA Today, 25 June 2026

Word History

First Known Use

1975, in the meaning defined above

Rhymes for debit card

• bodyguard
• boulevard
• disregard
• asgard
• backyard
• barnyard
• blackguard
• bombard
• brickyard
• canard
• churchyard
• coastguard

Kids Definition

debit card

noun

: a card like a credit card but by which money is withdrawn from the holder's bank account immediately at the time of a transaction (as a purchase)