gift card

noun

Definition of gift card

: 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 Amazon’s latest gift card promo is totally a no-brainer. — Maren Estrada, BGR, "Amazon is handing out $15 credits – here’s how to cash in," 26 Apr. 2021 The fraudster instructed the woman to withdraw $2,000 from her savings account, buy four $500 gift cards, call him back and provide him the gift card numbers. — Bob Sandrick, cleveland, "Pickup truck slams into road signs; woman scammed by fake police: Brook Park police blotter," 17 Apr. 2021 The Better Business Bureau has proposed more education and consumer protection relating to gift card sales. — Susan Tompor, Detroit Free Press, "Pennsylvania widow drained of $39K in gift card scam by a man she fell for," 16 Apr. 2021 Employees are trained to look for signs that gift card customers may be victims of a scam. — Ron Hurtibise, sun-sentinel.com, "How two South Florida women lost thousands to the ‘Geek Squad’ email scam," 4 Apr. 2021 Since last year, the city has invested $1,032,965 in local businesses through gift card programs, assistant city manager Mark Wood said. — Anna Caplan, Dallas News, "Colleyville pumps over $300K into local businesses with latest gift card program," 30 Mar. 2021 And right now, select new Amazon gift card customers can get a $15 site credit with their purchase of $50 worth of them. — Christine Persaud, USA TODAY, "The 5 best Amazon deals you can get this weekend," 7 Mar. 2021 Scammers may ask victims for gift card numbers or bank account numbers over the phone, or to wire or mail cash. — Ashlea Ebeling, Forbes, "CVS, Walmart, Home Depot Join Fight Against Social Security Scams," 3 Mar. 2021 Since January 2019, the Arizona Attorney General’s Office has received more than 230 consumer complaints related to gift card scams, according to a news release. — Julia Sandor And Kiersten Moss, The Arizona Republic, "Never pay debts with gift cards, new Arizona consumer program warns," 17 Feb. 2021

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“Gift card.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/gift%20card. Accessed 9 May. 2021.

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gift card

noun

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: a card that is worth a certain amount of money and given to someone to buy something from a store

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