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    CHARGE PLATE

    Pronunciation (US): Play  (GB): Play

     I. (noun) 

    Sense 1

    Meaning:

    A card (usually plastic) that assures a seller that the person using it has a satisfactory credit rating and that the issuer will see to it that the seller receives payment for the merchandise deliveredplay

    Example:

    do you take plastic?

    Synonyms:

    charge card; charge plate; credit card; plastic

    Classified under:

    Nouns denoting possession and transfer of possession

    Hypernyms ("charge plate" is a kind of...):

    positive identification (evidence proving that you are who you say you are; evidence establishing that you are among the group of people already known to the system; recognition by the system leads to acceptance)

    charge account credit; open-end credit; revolving credit (a consumer credit line that can be used up to a certain limit or paid down at any time)

    Meronyms (parts of "charge plate"):

    magnetic stripe (a short strip of magnetic tape attached to a credit card or debit card; it contains data that will tell a reading device who you are and what your account number is, etc.)

    Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "charge plate"):

    bank card (a credit card issued by a bank)

    calling card; phone card (a card that is used instead of cash to make telephone calls)

    cash card; cashcard (a credit card that entitles the holder to receive cash)

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