credit card

noun

: a card authorizing purchases on credit

Examples of credit card in a Sentence

Recent Examples on the Web
Examples are automatically compiled from online sources to show current usage. Read More Opinions expressed in the examples do not represent those of Merriam-Webster or its editors. Send us feedback.
For instance, prioritize paying your mortgage over a credit card bill, Miller said. Jeanne Sahadi, CNN Money, 15 Oct. 2025 Their perspective seems to point to the fact that more practical, hard skills—such as how credit scores work, or how to pay off credit card debt—are valued over the soft skills that great works of literature might impress on young minds. Elisabeth Sherman, Parents, 14 Oct. 2025 Today, LendingTree operates as a comprehensive online lending marketplace where users can find and compare loans for mortgages, credit cards, insurance and other financial products. Adeola Adeosun, MSNBC Newsweek, 14 Oct. 2025 Every credit card article is based on rigorous reporting by our team of expert writers and editors with extensive knowledge of financial products. Ryley Amond,jason Stauffer, CNBC, 14 Oct. 2025 See All Example Sentences for credit card

Word History

First Known Use

1888, in the meaning defined above

Time Traveler
The first known use of credit card was in 1888

Browse Nearby Words

Cite this Entry

“Credit card.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/credit%20card. Accessed 16 Oct. 2025.

Kids Definition

credit card

noun
: a card with which one can buy things on credit

More from Merriam-Webster on credit card

Last Updated: - Updated example sentences
Love words? Need even more definitions?

Subscribe to America's largest dictionary and get thousands more definitions and advanced search—ad free!