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Card

kɑːd

Card definitions
noun
card cards
  1. a piece of thick, stiff paper or thin pasteboard, in particular one used for writing or printing on

    "some notes jotted down on a card"

    • a card printed with a picture and used to send a message or greeting

      "a birthday card"

    • a card with a person's name and other details printed on it for purposes of identification, for example a business card

      "a membership card entitled you to library services"

    • (in soccer and some other games) a yellow or red card shown by the referee to a player who is being cautioned or sent off

      "the ref will have his cards at the ready to enforce the rule of law"

  2. a small rectangular piece of plastic containing personal data in a machine-readable form and used to obtain cash or credit or to pay for a phone call, gain entry to a room or building, etc.

    "your card cannot be used to withdraw more than your daily limit from cash machines"

    credit card debit card cash card swipe card
  3. a playing card

    "a pack of cards"

    playing card
    • a game played with playing cards

      "they were playing interminable cards"

  4. documents relating to an employee, especially for tax and national insurance, held by the employer
  5. a programme of events at a race meeting

    "a nine-race card"

    • a record of scores in a sporting event; a scorecard
  6. a person regarded as odd or amusing

    "He laughed: ‘You're a card, you know’"

verb
card carded carding cards
  1. write (something) on a card, especially for indexing
    • (in golf and other sports) score (a certain number of points on a scorecard)

      "he carded 68 in the final round"

    • (of the referee in soccer and some other games) show a yellow or red card to (a player who is being cautioned or sent off)

      "Reid, seconds after being carded, broke down the left wing"

  2. check the identity card of (someone), in particular as evidence of legal drinking age

    "we were carded at the entrance to the club"

  3. (of an amateur athlete) be in receipt of government funding to pursue training

    "in 1986–7 all carded athletes received a basic $450 monthly allowance"