A credit card is a plastic card that you use to buy goods on credit. Compare charge card.
credit card in British English
noun
a card issued by banks, businesses, etc, enabling the holder to obtain goods and services on credit
credit card in American English
US
a card establishing the privilege of the person to whom it is issued to charge bills at certain restaurants, airlines, hotels, gas stations, etc.
Examples of 'credit card' in a sentence
credit card
Free credit card charges applies to deposit only.
The Sun (2016)
What credit cards do you use?
Times, Sunday Times (2016)
Section 75 applies only to credit card holders.
Times, Sunday Times (2017)
He couldn't get a credit card.
Times, Sunday Times (2016)
Those that do, only do so to cover charges made by credit card companies.
Times, Sunday Times (2016)
I don't use any credit cards.
Times, Sunday Times (2016)
Their pay packet lasts 22 days, then they use savings and credit cards.
The Sun (2016)
Don't add any more to the credit cards, and get a thrill as you watch the debt come down.
Times, Sunday Times (2017)
With costs of up to 5,000 per treatment, they had to save for months between treatments and use credit cards.
The Sun (2016)
She has no savings to speak of, but takes a lot of care with her spending, making use of two credit cards.
Times, Sunday Times (2017)
Others used the company credit cards to withdraw cash.
Times, Sunday Times (2014)
This is set to be a bigger revolution than bank charges or credit card fees.
Times, Sunday Times (2008)
The agents had also obtained credit cards in the name of the identities they had stolen.
Times, Sunday Times (2010)
It can also be reproduced by drawing a plastic credit card across the teeth of a comb.
Times, Sunday Times (2011)
She said they used the credit card to buy designer clothes and luxury holidays.
The Sun (2013)
He used credit cards and loans in her name to fund renovations.
Times, Sunday Times (2016)
Do all credit cards charge for foreign use?
Times, Sunday Times (2008)
Drivers can use cashback credit cards or cards that offer reward points.
Times, Sunday Times (2013)
His advice to current and new students is not to get tempted by credit cards.
Times, Sunday Times (2007)
Buying with a credit card also puts you in a stronger position if there are problems with a car.
The Sun (2014)
The policies are designed to cover the cost of repayments on loans or credit cards should the holder becomeill or unemployed.
Times, Sunday Times (2010)
Credit card refunds take seconds and don't require a bank.
The Sun (2008)
The light in his eyes is dimmed, his smile as plastic as a credit card.
Times, Sunday Times (2007)
Not plastic credit cards: but plastic banknotes.
Times, Sunday Times (2007)
I mostly use credit cards to buy goods from abroad as you get more protection.
Times, Sunday Times (2012)
The first terminal we tried did not accept cash or credit cards and the second had a giant queue of irritable punters in front of it.
Times, Sunday Times (2015)
THE good news is that rip-off credit card charges are to be banned.
The Sun (2011)
I have been able to obtain a credit card from another provider with a limit of 6,000.
Times, Sunday Times (2015)
He says it is mostly the responsibility of the credit card processing companies to provide churches devices that enable them'to receive credit card funds.
Christianity Today (2000)
In other languages
credit card
British English: credit card /ˈkrɛdɪt kɑːd/ NOUN
A credit card is a plastic card that you use to buy goods on credit.
American English: credit card
Arabic: كارت اِئْتِمَان
Brazilian Portuguese: cartão de crédito
Chinese: 信用卡
Croatian: kreditna kartica
Czech: kreditní karta
Danish: kreditkort
Dutch: creditcard
European Spanish: tarjeta de crédito
Finnish: luottokortti
French: carte de crédit
German: Kreditkarte
Greek: πιστωτική κάρτα
Italian: carta di credito
Japanese: クレジットカード
Korean: 신용카드
Norwegian: kredittkort
Polish: karta kredytowa
European Portuguese: cartão de crédito
Romanian: card de credit
Russian: кредитная карточка
Latin American Spanish: tarjeta de crédito
Swedish: kreditkort
Thai: บัตรเครดิต
Turkish: kredi kartı
Ukrainian: кредитна картка
Vietnamese: thẻ tín dụng
All related terms of 'credit card'
credit card debt
A debt is a sum of money that you owe someone.
credit card details
Details about someone or something are facts or pieces of information about them.
credit card guarantee
If you pay for a booking at a hotel by credit card , a credit card guarantee allows the hotel to charge a cost to your credit card if you do not arrive on the day you arranged or if you damage something in the hotel.
credit card insurance
Credit card insurance is coverage for situations in which someone fraudulently uses your credit card.
credit card terminal
A credit card terminal is a piece of equipment that you use to read the information on a credit card and charge a cost to it.