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credit card
noun
a card that identifies a person as entitled to have food, merchandise, services, etc., billed on a charge account.
Origin:
1885–90, Americanism
1885–90, Americanism
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| credit card | |
| —n | |
| a card issued by banks, businesses, etc, enabling the holder to obtain goods and services on credit | |
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Credit-card
is always a great word to know.
So is zedonk. Does it mean:
| a scrap or morsel of food left at a meal. |
| the offspring of a zebra and a donkey. |
Etymonline
Word Origin & History
credit card
1952 in the modern sense; the phrase was used late 19c. to mean "traveler's check."
Online Etymology Dictionary, © 2010 Douglas Harper
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