Money and banking / B1

DEB-itk-ahd/ˈdebɪt kɑːd/

A debit card (id: debit-card) pays from your bank account at once, not on credit. A credit card borrows; cash is notes and coins. Trips: a debit card still needs the teacher’s cash protocol; contactless in the gift shop is not a free spend.

Meaning

A bank card that pays from your account at once, not on credit.

Examples

• “A debit card on the trip still needs the teacher’s cash protocol; contactless in the gift shop is not a free spend.”
• “A debit-card contactless tap in the canteen still needs the school account if that is the till rule.”

Good to know

a debit card. Contrast: a credit card / cash. Trips / canteen. Countable cards. Mix-up: debit means money leaving the account; a debit card is the plastic.

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