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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Also, the tip must be paid in cash or by credit, debit or gift card. Annette Nellen, The Conversation, 6 Apr. 2026 The store is also giving its first 100 customers Grocery Outlet gift cards, and shoppers that day can also take home a free reusable bag while supplies last. Roxana Popescu, San Diego Union-Tribune, 6 Apr. 2026 Donors get something back in return, like a hat or gift card. Veronica Ortega, CBS News, 5 Apr. 2026 And after CLEAResult fired Darlington in 2017, the brothers began bribing CLEAResult employee Peter Marra — sending him cash and gift cards for special favors like getting heads-ups on inspections and audits. Rick Sobey, Boston Herald, 4 Apr. 2026 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 12 Apr. 2026.

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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