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: a card like a credit card by which money may be withdrawn or the cost of purchases paid directly from the holder's bank account without the payment of interest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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Deposit cash using online banking, PayPal, Apple Pay, credit card, debit card or any other preferred payment method. Tyler Everett, MSNBC Newsweek, 13 May 2025 In total, Stengel showed five credit cards, debit cards, and IDs. Jack Armstrong, USA Today, 2 May 2025 Meanwhile, Pay with Venmo transaction volume surged 50% year over year, and Venmo debit card monthly active users grew about 40%. Mackenzie Sigalos, CNBC, 29 Apr. 2025 Court records show Campbell pleaded guilty to one count of mail fraud in the case, connected to a Bank of America debit card mailed Aug. 19, 2020. Sharon Bernstein, Sacbee.com, 24 Apr. 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 18 May. 2025.

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: a card like a credit card but by which money is withdrawn from the holder's bank account immediately at the time of a transaction (as a purchase)

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