AmEx

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noun

An American Express credit card.

CommonScrabble 13

Meanings

AmEx1

proper noun
  1. abbreviationAbbreviation of American Express.
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    The stock is up more-than 45% this year, putting AmEx slightly ahead of Goldman Sachs (GS). Like Goldman and other top financial stocks, Amex has thrived during the past few months as the economy has roared back to life following the brief Covid recession last year and consumers started spending again.

    2021 July 23, Paul R. La Monica, “American Express is the Dow’s top stock for 2021. Here’s why”, in CNN Business

Amex2

nounAmex (plural Amexes)

plural Amexes

  1. An American Express credit card.

    The world was ending, and I had a ten thousand dollar limit on my Amex.

    Nicolas Wilson, Homeless (page 55)
    1 more example

    They both have their Amexes if they get hungry or if they need anything. They must not buy jewelry, bicycles, or anything over one thousand dollars.

    2017, Kevin Dickson, Jack Ketsoyan, Blind Item, volume 1, page 71

Origin

AmEx · proper noun

From the initial syllable of each word.

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Amex · noun

Syllabic abbreviation of American + Express.

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APA

AmEx. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/AmEx

MLA

“AmEx.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/AmEx. Accessed November 3, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “AmEx,” accessed November 3, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/AmEx.

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