card swipe — noun An electronic device that reads information on a credit or debit card when the card is passed through it • • • Main Entry: ↑card * * * ˈcard swipe 7 [card swipe] noun an electronic device through which you pass a credit card, etc. in order… … Useful english dictionary
card column — noun (computing; obsolete) One of the eighty or ninety columns of a punched card with lines parallel to the short edge of the card (cf ↑card row) • • • Main Entry: ↑card … Useful english dictionary
card file — noun A card index • • • Main Entry: ↑card * * * card file, a collection of systematically arranged cards which contain information: »The Zoo keeps a card file of the complete life history of each animal (Harper s) … Useful english dictionary
card row — noun (computing; obsolete) One of the rows of a punched card with lines parallel to the long edge of the card (cf ↑card column) • • • Main Entry: ↑card … Useful english dictionary
card-holder — cardˈ holder noun 1. Someone who has a membership card 2. Hence a member of a club, organization, etc 3. Someone who owns a credit or debit card • • • Main Entry: ↑card … Useful english dictionary
entry — [en′trē] n. pl. entries [ME < OFr entree < fem. pp. of entrer: see ENTER] 1. a) the act of entering; entrance b) the right or freedom to enter; entree 2. a way or passage by which to enter; door, hall, etc.; entryway 3 … English World dictionary
card reader — noun (computing; obsolete) A device which reads the data represented by holes on a punched card and converts them to a form suitable for storage or processing • • • Main Entry: ↑card … Useful english dictionary
card-sharp — cardˈ sharp or cardˈ sharper noun A person who cheats at cards • • • Main Entry: ↑card … Useful english dictionary
card-sharper — cardˈ sharp or cardˈ sharper noun A person who cheats at cards • • • Main Entry: ↑card … Useful english dictionary
card-castle — cardˈ castle noun 1. A structure of playing cards built one upon the other in storeys 2. Any flimsy or precarious structure • • • Main Entry: ↑card … Useful english dictionary