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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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Officials will only accept three firearms per adult until gift cards last.
—Ishani Desai, Sacramento Bee, 24 May 2024
Airbnb gift cards One of the best gifts for frequent travelers is cold hard cash.
—Christopher Murray, Fox News, 22 May 2024
The seven men, including one U.S. Postal Service supervisor, are accused of teaming up to steal money, checks and gift cards from the mail at the USPS Processing and Distribution Center on Corliss Street in Providence, from early 2023 through early 2024.
—Julia Marnin, Miami Herald, 16 May 2024
This new iteration preys on young men and teenage boys, and the images are held as ransom — often for as little as a few hundred dollars, to be paid typically through cryptocurrency or even gift cards from the sender.
—Sarah Maslin Nir, New York Times, 15 May 2024
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Word History
First Known Use
1990, in the meaning defined above
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Cite this Entry
“Gift card.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/gift%20card. Accessed 7 Jun. 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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