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Entry 1 sense Webster, 1913

Debit card

/dĕb'-ĭt kärd/ · Deb·it card · IPA /ˈdɛbɪt ˌkɑɹd/
01 n. a small usually plastic card with a magnetic coded number, similar to a credit card, which is used to pay for purchases by the electronic d…
  1. 1.
    a small usually plastic card with a magnetic coded number, similar to a credit card, which is used to pay for purchases by the electronic deduction of a sum of money (a debit) directly from the card-holder's bank account. Such cards do not require the establishment of a credit line, and such transactions do not incur any interest payments.