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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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Online retailers face additional challenges, including promo abuse, refund fraud and gift card fraud, where individuals exploit digital loopholes for financial gain.
—Tamas Kadar, Forbes, 13 Dec. 2024
In addition, for every $50 in gift cards purchased at the venue through Dec. 31, guests will receive one free game card.
—Kirby Adams, The Courier-Journal, 13 Dec. 2024
Doctors who completed the most appointments with seniors in Medicare Advantage were eligible for ten-thousand-dollar bonuses, and patients were offered seventy-five-dollar gift cards for getting checkups at which their medical histories could be recorded.
—Dhruv Khullar, The New Yorker, 12 Dec. 2024
Or an Uber gift card for someone whose car was damaged or stolen.
—Scott Maxwell, Orlando Sentinel, 11 Dec. 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 22 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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