time card

noun

: a card used with a time clock to record an employee's starting and quitting times each day or on each job

Examples of time card in a Sentence

Don't forget to punch your time card on your way out.
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When workers live in fear of being reported to ICE, Dresser said, employers can take advantage of their vulnerability to deny them wages, change their time cards, or discourage them from pushing back. Sophie Carson, jsonline.com, 7 July 2025 Time Card Management: View open and submit time cards easily, providing transparency and control. Miami Herald, 26 June 2024 Several suggested that anyone taking home that amount must be fudging their time cards, though no evidence has emerged to back up that theory. Rebecca Ellis, Los Angeles Times, 16 May 2024 Square also has a mobile app called Teams, where payroll managers can log in to view employee records, run payroll and see payroll histories, work with benefits and tax forms, and manage time cards and schedules. PCMAG, 1 May 2024 See All Example Sentences for time card

Word History

First Known Use

1846, in the meaning defined above

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The first known use of time card was in 1846

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“Time card.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/time%20card. Accessed 9 Sep. 2025.

Kids Definition

time card

noun
: a card used with a time clock to record an employee's starting and quitting times each day
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