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bank card

bank card

8 1.4
A plastic card from a bank used to pay without cash and get money from cash machines
  • noun
  • /bæŋk kɑrd/
translation icon : tarjeta bancaria
  • She used her bank card to withdraw cash from the ATM.
  • bank card at an ATM
  • use bank cards
  • bank card and credit cards

For about two years, bank card fraud and bank transfer fraud was absolutely rife.

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Examples

  • All of our bank cards are in my pocket.

  • When you know how to use them properly, bank cards can be very handy, so you do not have to feel anxious.

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  • "Neither her phone nor her bank cards have been used since Friday."

  • Want me to show you where my cash and bank cards are too?

  • Well, you gonna need a credit card or a bank card.

  • Yeah, my bank card has been stolen.

  • When going on a trip, make sure to split up your bank cards, credit cards, checks, and cash.

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  • Last year, I gave her my bank card and password.

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  • Anytime you go on a trip, especially to a foreign country, you should carry two different bank cards.

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  • Bank cards help people all over the world in achieving goals that they have in life.

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Synonyms

plastic
vsbank card
  • Informal
107 2.3

A card from a bank people use to pay instead of cash

uses a neutral term for a financial institution-issued card for payments or ATM access
debit card
vsbank card
27 1.6

A plastic card you use to pay or withdraw money from your bank account

is used for payments or ATM withdrawals more broadly than direct-account cards
cash card
vsbank card
2 2.6

A bank card that lets you get money from an ATM or pay in shops

is a general financial institution card covering payments and ATM cash access
bankcard
vsbank card
1 2.7

A plastic card from a bank that lets you pay or take out money from your account

is the same in meaning but appears as one word in some usages
cashcard
vsbank card
  • US
3.3

A plastic card used to get money from a cash machine

focuses on both payments and cash withdrawal rather than only cash access

How Useful

credit card
711 1.0
bank card
8 1.4
ATM
149 1.6

Surface Forms

bank card singular
bank cards plural

Morphology

bank + card

The meaning 'a card issued by a bank for payments or cash withdrawal' is directly and compositionally derived from 'bank' (financial institution) + 'card' (small payment/ID item). This simple noun–noun compound follows common cross-linguistic patterns (e.g., Spanish 'tarjeta bancaria', French 'carte bancaire') and would be immediately understandable to a B1 learner who knows the constituent words.

Etymology

Bank card comes from a simple picture: a small plastic card from your bank that acts like a key to your money. That's why bank card means 'a card you use to pay or get cash'.