gift card

noun

: a card entitling the recipient to receive goods or services of a specified value from the issuer

Examples of gift card in a Sentence

Recent Examples on the Web

Exposed information may include names, email addresses, gift card balances and the last four digits of credit or debit card numbers. — Kimberly Tutuska, Charlotte Observer, 30 July 2026

On July 21, officers found another video of him in a bathroom displaying multiple debit cards, credit cards, gift cards, cash, and a firearm with an extended magazine. — Ana Maria Soler, Miami Herald, 26 July 2026

Both spent hundreds of thousands of dollars on items such as gift cards with little documentation of who received them. — Joe Rubin, Sacbee.com, 24 July 2026

Think of a tax credit as a gift card applied to your tax bill. — Miranda Marquit, Encyclopedia Britannica, 24 July 2026

Word History

First Known Use

1990, in the meaning defined above

Rhymes for gift card

• asgard
• backyard
• barnyard
• blackguard
• bombard
• brickyard
• canard
• churchyard
• coastguard
• courtyard
• debarred
• diehard

Kids Definition

gift card

noun

: a card that is worth a certain amount of money and that is given to someone to buy something (as goods or services from a business)