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

Another common way gift card draining occurs is when scammers place a sticker with the barcode of a gift card that the scammers possess over the actual barcode of the gift card in the rack. —Steve Weisman, Forbes.com, 16 Aug. 2025

Guilford’s tri-fold leather wallet — stuffed with $15, a driver’s license, work ID, gift cards worth $275 and lottery tickets — had turned up under the hood of a car in a repair shop in Lake Crystal, Minnesota. —Nino Paoli, Fortune, 15 Aug. 2025

All those who show up to donate blood can enter a raffle to win prizes, including gift cards to Seasons 52 and BJ’s Restaurant Brewhouse or a Fogo de Chao gift bag. —Melinda Moore, Chicago Tribune, 14 Aug. 2025

Ge was arrested at a CVS in January, after workers there reported him for fraudulently using a credit card to buy gift cards, according to Lower Paxton Township police. —Jessica Schladebeck, New York Daily News, 7 Aug. 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)