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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Ashley Darby giving Karen Uber gift cards and Gizelle naming a non-alcoholic cocktail the Grande Dame don’t provoke the same audience response as Tamra berating Shannon for the 19th time. Louis Peitzman, Vulture, 5 Nov. 2024 This year is Red Robin's Buy a Vet a Gift Card program where guests can purchased gift cards to be donated to local veterans organizations, according to a news release. Susan Selasky, Detroit Free Press, 5 Nov. 2024 The Santa Clara County Library District Foundation has donated $100, $50 and $10 gift cards to increase community participation, which will be given away in a drawing in December. Anne Gelhaus, The Mercury News, 4 Nov. 2024 In contrast, gift cards have dropped by 7 percentage points but remain popular among women, older shoppers, and those earning under $50,000. Naveen Jaggi, Forbes, 29 Oct. 2024 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 3 Dec. 2024.

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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