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gift card
noun
: a card entitling the recipient to receive goods or services of a specified value from the issuer
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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
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Word History
First Known Use
1990, in the meaning defined above
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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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