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: a card like a credit card by which money may be withdrawn or the cost of purchases paid directly from the holder's bank account without the payment of interest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

Surveillance video from the stores showed a man using the debit card who looked like James Agnew, and not James O'Neill, according to the arrest affidavit. — Logan Smith, CBS News, 7 Nov. 2026

OneMain Financial approves personal loans for up to $35,000 with funding available as fast as one hour after closing, if disbursed via debit card. — Dan Avery,jasmin Suknanan, CNBC, 5 Nov. 2026

He was said to have applied for his company, Shawty Dred LLC, to become an authorized SNAP retailer and used EBT debit cards to extract about $4 million from the accounts. — Arkansas Online, 2 Nov. 2026

Rowell reportedly retrieved her debit card and paid her bill before the medical assistant administered the epinephrine. — Vanessa Etienne, PEOPLE, 30 Oct. 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: a card like a credit card but by which money is withdrawn from the holder's bank account immediately at the time of a transaction (as a purchase)