CARD | English Meaning, Definition, and Pronunciation

late Middle English (in sense 3 of the noun): from Old French carte, from Latin carta, charta, from Greek khartēs ‘papyrus leaf’

a piece of thick, stiff paper or thin pasteboard, in particular one used for writing or printing on

piece of stiff paper

• some notes jotted down on a card
• a piece of card

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.

plastic card

• your card cannot be used to withdraw more than your daily limit from cash machines
• she paid for the goods with her card

a playing card

playing card

• a pack of cards

computer circuit board

documents relating to an employee, especially for tax and national insurance, held by the employer.

employee documents

a programme of events at a race meeting

programme of races

• a nine-race card

a person regarded as odd or amusing

odd or amusing person

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

write (something) on a card, especially for indexing.

write on a card

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

check person's identity card

• we were carded at the entrance to the club

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

receive funding

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