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

The event next to McKinley Park will also feature a family-friendly scavenger hunt with prizes including a $50 Zocalo gift card, two tickets to a show at Broadway Sacramento and a season pass for two to Capital Stage. —Daniel Hunt, Sacbee.com, 25 May 2025

The only way to avoid jail is paying money, usually with a gift card, but a method becoming more common is paying by cryptocurrency. —Wayne Ford, USA Today, 23 May 2025

Players can grab daily offers and enter for a chance to win exclusive prizes, including AMC Theatres gift cards or the ultimate getaway: a trip for four to Universal Orlando Resort, home to the soon-to-open How to Train Your Dragon – Isle of Berk attraction. —Moná Thomas, People.com, 23 May 2025

The same process applies to buying new computers for the lab, ordering standardized tests for a study or purchasing gift cards for study participants. —Kelly S. Mix, The Conversation, 22 May 2025

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)