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| a gadget; dingus; thingumbob. |
| the offspring of a zebra and a donkey. |
| debit card | |
| —n | |
| an embossed plastic card issued by a bank or building society to enable its customers to pay for goods or services by inserting it into a computer-controlled device at the place of sale, which is connected through the telephone network to the bank or building society. It may also function as a cash card, a cheque card, or both | |
debit card
small card, similar to a credit card, offering means of paying for a purchase through transfer of funds from the purchaser's bank account to the vendor. Financial institutions that process these transactions benefit from cheaper transaction costs (it is more expensive for banks to process transactions paid with checks) and immediate payment. Although the financial institution receives the credit immediately, the vendor is credited in the same way as in a credit card transaction-usually within a matter of days. Debit cards differ from stored-value cards (also known as smart cards), which simply subtract the transaction amount from cash value stored on the card
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