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

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His mother lost more than $2,500 in gift cards to a scammer who convinced her that her grandson had been arrested. Kennedy Hayes, FOXNews.com, 15 Oct. 2025 Skip out on the gift cards this year, because Anthropologie’s houseware and clothing deals are the Christmas gifts that keep on giving. Malia Griggs, Glamour, 14 Oct. 2025 Northgate also provided 300 gift cards, each valued at $25, to CHOC’s Oncology Department to distribute to families in need. Samantha Gowen, Oc Register, 13 Oct. 2025 The first 100 guests to arrive at the grand opening will get a gift card to the restaurant and be entered into a raffle to win free Dave's Hot Chicken for a year. Claudia Levens, jsonline.com, 9 Oct. 2025 See All Example Sentences for gift card

Word History

First Known Use

1990, in the meaning defined above

Time Traveler
The first known use of gift card was in 1990

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“Gift card.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/gift%20card. Accessed 22 Oct. 2025.

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)
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