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: a card like a credit card by which money may be withdrawn or the cost of purchases paid directly from the holder's bank account without the payment of interest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

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Mastercard plans to remove the 16-digit primary account number (PAN) from all credit and debit cards, replacing it with tokenization, passkeys and biometrics. Kevin Pierce, Forbes.com, 11 Sep. 2025 These include online banking, debit cards and PayPal. Tyler Everett, MSNBC Newsweek, 11 Sep. 2025 Overdrafts using a debit card are more frequent and, according to the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau, 70% of all overdraft payments are incurred by debit card users. Mary Luquette, USA Today, 9 Sep. 2025 New financial players such as Venmo are now offering debit cards, retrofitting them with reward programs and marketing them heavily. Michael Waters, The Atlantic, 9 Sep. 2025 See All Example Sentences for debit card

Word History

First Known Use

1975, in the meaning defined above

Time Traveler
The first known use of debit card was in 1975

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“Debit card.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/debit%20card. Accessed 14 Sep. 2025.

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: a card like a credit card but by which money is withdrawn from the holder's bank account immediately at the time of a transaction (as a purchase)

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