Debit card

nounverified·updated Oct 6, 2026

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A payment card issued as either a PIN-based debit (ATM) card or as a signature-based debit card from one of the bankcard associations. A payment card issued to a person for purchasing goods and services through an electronic transfer of funds from a demand deposit account rather than using cash, checks, or drafts at the point-of-sale.

MWEFederal Financial Institutions Examination Council (FFIEC) IT Examination Handbook Infobase, Glossary

Senses

1 more sense beyond the canonical

Wordset Dictionary

a card, usually plastic, that enables the holder to withdraw money or to have the cost of purchases charged directly to the holder's bank account

Classifications

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Entity Type

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Variants

4 surface forms

alternatephrasing: Debit Card
plural: Debit cards
possessive: Debit card's
pluralpossessive: Debit cards'

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