Meanings
nouncredit card (plural credit cards)
plural credit cards
- bankingA plastic card, usually with a magnetic strip or an embedded microchip, connected to a credit account and used to buy goods or services.
Can you pay by credit card in that store? - Sure, actually I've used my credit card this very morning.
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Finance is seldom romantic. But the idea of peer-to-peer lending comes close. This is an industry that brings together individual savers and lenders on online platforms.[…]Banks and credit-card firms are kept out of the picture. Talk to enough people in the field and someone is bound to mention the “democratisation of finance”.
2013 June 1, “End of the peer show”, in The Economist, volume 407, number 8838, page 71Synonyms: chargecard
Synonyms & antonyms
nounA plastic card, usually with a magnetic strip or an embedded microchip, connected to a credit account and used to buy goods or services.
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Translations
Afrikaans kredietkaart
- kredietkaartcard connected to a credit account used to buy goods or services
Arabic بِطَاقَةُ اِئْتِمَان, بِطَاقَةُ تَسْلِيف
- بِطَاقَةُ اِئْتِمَان (biṭāqatu iʔtimān)card connected to a credit account used to buy goods or services
- بِطَاقَةُ تَسْلِيف (biṭāqatu taslīf)card connected to a credit account used to buy goods or services
- كْرِدِت كَرْد (kridit kard)card connected to a credit account used to buy goods or services
Basque kreditu-txartel
- kreditu-txartelcard connected to a credit account used to buy goods or services
Bengali ক্রেডিট কার্ড
- ক্রেডিট কার্ড (kreḍiṭ karḍo)card connected to a credit account used to buy goods or services
Bulgarian кре́дитна ка́рта
- кре́дитна ка́рта (kréditna kárta)card connected to a credit account used to buy goods or services
Catalan targeta de crèdit
- targeta de crèditcard connected to a credit account used to buy goods or services
Chinese Cantonese 信用卡, 信用咭
- 信用卡 (seon³ jung⁶ kaat¹)card connected to a credit account used to buy goods or services
- 信用咭 (seon³ jung⁶ kaat¹)card connected to a credit account used to buy goods or services
Chinese Mandarin 信用卡
- 信用卡 (xìnyòngkǎ)card connected to a credit account used to buy goods or services
Czech kreditní karta
- kreditní kartacard connected to a credit account used to buy goods or services
Danish kreditkort
- kreditkortcard connected to a credit account used to buy goods or services
Dutch creditcard, kredietkaart
- creditcardcard connected to a credit account used to buy goods or services
- kredietkaartcard connected to a credit account used to buy goods or services
Esperanto kreditkarto
- kreditkartocard connected to a credit account used to buy goods or services
Estonian krediitkaart
- krediitkaartcard connected to a credit account used to buy goods or services
Finnish luottokortti
- luottokortticard connected to a credit account used to buy goods or services
French carte de crédit
- carte de créditcard connected to a credit account used to buy goods or services
German Kreditkarte
- Kreditkartecard connected to a credit account used to buy goods or services
Greek πιστωτική κάρτα
- πιστωτική κάρτα (pistotikí kárta)card connected to a credit account used to buy goods or services
Hebrew כַּרְטִיס אַשְׁרַאי
- כַּרְטִיס אַשְׁרַאי (kartís ashráy)card connected to a credit account used to buy goods or services
Hindi क्रेडिट कार्ड
- क्रेडिट कार्ड (kreḍiṭ kārḍ)card connected to a credit account used to buy goods or services
Hungarian hitelkártya
- hitelkártyacard connected to a credit account used to buy goods or services
Icelandic kreditkort
- kreditkortcard connected to a credit account used to buy goods or services
Indonesian kartu kredit
- kartu kreditcard connected to a credit account used to buy goods or services
Irish cárta creidmheasa
- cárta creidmheasacard connected to a credit account used to buy goods or services
Italian carta di credito
- carta di creditocard connected to a credit account used to buy goods or services
Japanese クレジットカード
- クレジットカード (kurejitto kādo)card connected to a credit account used to buy goods or services
Korean 신용 카드, 크레디트 카드
- 신용 카드 (sinyong kadeu)card connected to a credit account used to buy goods or services
- 크레디트 카드 (keurediteu kadeu)card connected to a credit account used to buy goods or services
Latin tessera crediticia
- tessera crediticiacard connected to a credit account used to buy goods or services
Latvian kredītkarte
- kredītkartecard connected to a credit account used to buy goods or services
Lithuanian kredito kortelė
- kredito kortelėcard connected to a credit account used to buy goods or services
Malay kad kredit
- kad kreditcard connected to a credit account used to buy goods or services
Māori kāri taurewa, kāri tāwere
- kāri taurewacard connected to a credit account used to buy goods or services
- kāri tāwerecard connected to a credit account used to buy goods or services
Norwegian Bokmål kredittkort, bankkort
- kredittkortcard connected to a credit account used to buy goods or services
- bankkortcard connected to a credit account used to buy goods or services
Polish karta kredytowa
- karta kredytowacard connected to a credit account used to buy goods or services
Portuguese cartão de crédito
- cartão de créditocard connected to a credit account used to buy goods or services
Punjabi ਕ੍ਰੈਡਿਟ ਕਾਰਡ
- ਕ੍ਰੈਡਿਟ ਕਾਰਡ (kraiḍiṭ kāraḍ)card connected to a credit account used to buy goods or services
Romanian carte de credit
- carte de creditcard connected to a credit account used to buy goods or services
Russian креди́тная ка́рточка, креди́тная ка́рта
- креди́тная ка́рточка (kredítnaja kártočka)card connected to a credit account used to buy goods or services
- креди́тная ка́рта (kredítnaja kárta)card connected to a credit account used to buy goods or services
- креди́тка (kredítka)card connected to a credit account used to buy goods or services
Scottish Gaelic cairt-iasaid, cairt-creideis
- cairt-iasaidcard connected to a credit account used to buy goods or services
- cairt-creideiscard connected to a credit account used to buy goods or services
Slovak kreditná karta
- kreditná kartacard connected to a credit account used to buy goods or services
Spanish tarjeta de crédito
- tarjeta de créditocard connected to a credit account used to buy goods or services
Swahili kadi ya mkopo
- kadi ya mkopocard connected to a credit account used to buy goods or services
Swedish kreditkort
- kreditkortcard connected to a credit account used to buy goods or services
Tamil கடன் அட்டை
- கடன் அட்டை (kaṭaṉ aṭṭai)card connected to a credit account used to buy goods or services
Thai บัตรเครดิต
- บัตรเครดิต (bàt-kree-dìt)card connected to a credit account used to buy goods or services
Turkish kredi kartı
- kredi kartıcard connected to a credit account used to buy goods or services
Ukrainian креди́тна ка́ртка, кредито́ва ка́ртка
- креди́тна ка́ртка (kredýtna kártka)card connected to a credit account used to buy goods or services
- кредито́ва ка́ртка (kredytóva kártka)card connected to a credit account used to buy goods or services
- креди́тка (kredýtka)card connected to a credit account used to buy goods or services
Urdu کِریڈِٹ کارْڈ
- کِریڈِٹ کارْڈ (kireḍiṭ kārḍ)card connected to a credit account used to buy goods or services
Vietnamese thẻ tín dụng
- thẻ tín dụngcard connected to a credit account used to buy goods or services
Welsh cerdyn credyd
- cerdyn credydcard connected to a credit account used to buy goods or services
Cite this entry
APA
credit card. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 5, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/credit%20card
MLA
“credit card.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/credit%20card. Accessed November 5, 2026.
Chicago
WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “credit card,” accessed November 5, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/credit%20card.
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