gift card
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1.4
- noun
- /ɡɪft kɑrd/
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- I received a $50 gift card for my birthday that I can use at any bookstore.
- store gift cards
- local gift cards
- receive a gift card
Why is it that I will hoard gift cards for years?
- Why is it that I will hoard gift cards for years?
- And then a little Tim horton's gift card for each driver.
- So Congrats and let me know which brushes and which gift card you would like.
- So I decided to use some of said gift card on books.
- First of all, as with any gift card, there are risks if you lose it.
- We have gift cards to the bookstore from one of my grandma's.
- And then it's like, oh, surprise, you can use like a gift card and not your own money.
- And they send some Jelly Key Lime soda and a gift card and a shopping bag.
- I wrote down like Uber gift cards, grocery store gift cards, you know, whatever.
- Now somewhere like Opinion Outpost, they give you vouchers, gift cards, coupons, funds.
Examples
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Participants each received a $25 gift card to a local grocery store in appreciation for their time.
Academic text (2017) -
Participants were compensated with a $50 gift card to a local retailer.
Academic text (2013) -
I have a gift card for my girls.
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And wait, there might be a gift card in here actually.
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So I decided to use some of said gift card on books.
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Do you have a gift card?
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We'll send her a gift card.
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Hopefully you got some nice gift cards out of this video.
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First of all, as with any gift card, there are risks if you lose it.
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Parents received an additional $20 gift card for this participation.
Academic text (2015)
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Surface Forms
Morphology
The meaning 'a prepaid card given as a present and used for payment' is directly and transparently derived from combining 'gift' (a present) with 'card' (a payment/ID item). This simple noun-noun compound follows a common compositional pattern found cross-linguistically, so a B1 learner who knows both constituents would readily infer the MWE meaning.
Etymology
Gift card comes from a simple idea: a small card you give as a gift with money already on it. Because you can use it like cash to buy things, it means 'a card that already has money and can be used to pay for things'.