laser card

noun

A debit card.

Meanings

nounlaser card (plural laser cards)

plural laser cards

  1. IrelandA debit card.

    The payment options have also been improved and it is now possible to pay by laser card.

    2003, Orla O'Donnell, Peter C. Humphreys, 25. E-Government and the Decentralisation of Service Delivery, Institute of Public Administration, →ISBN, page 74
    2 more examples

    One is the proportion of the population who own credit cards or other forms of plastic payment cards such as laser cards.

    2000, Ireland. Information Society Commission, Benchmarking Ireland in the information society

    The main features of ROS include facilities to: 1) file returns online; 2) make payments by laser card, debit instruction or by online banking for Income Tax only;

    2013, OECD, Tax Administration 2013 Comparative Information on OECD and Other Advanced and Emerging Economies: Comparative Information on OECD and Other Advanced and Emerging Economies, OECD Publishing →ISBN, page 266
  2. historicalcomputingA software storage medium resembling a credit card and read by a laser.

Origin

Debit card: a genericized trademark, from Laser.

Full word history & related roots →
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