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

Monroe County Sheriff's Office said while this incident involved a request for Bitcoin, there have been previous incidents where scammers who targeted Monroe County residents pretended to be law enforcement officers and demanded payments via gift cards or electronic cash transfer applications. —Paula Wethington, CBS News, 31 Dec. 2025

Prizes in the past have included museum passes, books and other items such as tote bags, mugs and gift cards. —Abby Hamblin, San Diego Union-Tribune, 30 Dec. 2025

At the time of their arrest, authorities allegedly found more than 400 gift cards on them, authorities said. —Louis Casiano, FOXNews.com, 29 Dec. 2025

If choosing statement credits or gift cards, those can be redeemed via Ramp’s website, and the Ramp Plus payments can be opted into, and will be automatically subtracted from your rewards balance. —Ryley Amond, CNBC, 29 Dec. 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)