gift card

noun

: a card entitling the recipient to receive goods or services of a specified value from the issuer

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The village is sending prepaid Visa gift cards to all of its 14,000 households. — Tracy O'Brien, CBS News, 15 Oct. 2026 Citi's travel rewards program is officially called Citi ThankYou® Rewards, and ThankYou® Points can be redeemed for cash back, gift cards, merchandise, travel, transfers to travel programs and more. — Jason Stauffer, CNBC, 15 Oct. 2026 The Lamont administration has used money to support Connecticut Foodshare and also pledged to issue grocery store gift cards to residents who have lost SNAP, but advocates say that a more permanent solution is drastically needed. — P.r. Lockhart, Hartford Courant, 14 Oct. 2026 For Amazon Pay orders returned after 90 days but within 120 days of purchase, refunds will be issued as a Vuori gift card. — Katie Decker-Jacoby, StyleCaster, 14 Oct. 2026 See All Example Sentences for gift card

Word History

First Known Use

1990, in the meaning defined above

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The first known use of gift card was in 1990

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gift card
gift certificate
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“Gift card.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/gift%20card. Accessed 20 Oct. 2026.

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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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