credit card
- noun
- A1
- Top 5000
A small plastic card from a bank that lets you buy something now and pay the bank back later.
The hotel took a credit card number to hold our room.
My credit card was declined, so I had to pay differently.
She cut up her credit card to stop spending so much.
His credit card bill arrives on the first of every month.
Common collocations: pay by credit card · credit card number · use a credit card · accept credit cards · credit card bill
Part of: Bank and money, Shops and shopping