to swipe a card

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• swipe — [swaɪp] verb swipe a card to pass a special plastic card such as a credit card through a machine that can read the information it contains: • The system allows stores to check a customer s credit account by swiping the card through an electronic… …   Financial and business terms

• 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

• swipe — [[t]swa͟ɪp[/t]] swipes, swiping, swiped 1) VERB If you swipe at a person or thing, you try to hit them with a stick or other object, making a swinging movement with your arm. [V at n] She swiped at Rusty as though he was a fly... [V n] He swiped… …   English dictionary

• CARD — ( certificates of amortized revolving debt) pass through securities backed by credit card receivables. Bloomberg Financial Dictionary * * * card card [kɑːd ǁ kɑːrd] noun [countable] 1. a small piece of plastic or paper that shows that someone… …   Financial and business terms

• swipe in / swipe out — v. To enter and leave a secure location by sliding an identification card through an electronic card reader. Example Citation: When it first came out it used to be really confusing. You used to go into lessons and think, Right, I ve swiped in, do …   New words

• swipe — swipe1 [swaıp] v [Date: 1800 1900; Origin: Probably from sweep] 1.) [I and T] to hit or to try to hit someone or something by swinging your arm or an object very quickly ▪ She swiped me across the face. swipe at ▪ He jumped forward, intending to… …   Dictionary of contemporary English

• swipe — {{Roman}}I.{{/Roman}} noun ADJECTIVE ▪ playful, satirical ▪ side, sideways VERB + SWIPE ▪ take ▪ She took a playful …   Collocations dictionary

• swipe — 1 verb 1 (I, T) to hit or to try to hit someone or something by swinging you arm very quickly: Jim swiped Bob across the face. (+ at): The woman swiped at the child. 2 (T) informal to steal something: Who s swiped my pen? 3 (T) to pull a special… …   Longman dictionary of contemporary English

• card — {{Roman}}I.{{/Roman}} noun 1 giving written or electronic information ADJECTIVE ▪ ID, identity, membership ▪ business, calling, visiting (esp. BrE) ▪ appointment …   Collocations dictionary

• swipe card — noun A credit card, charge card, etc with a magnetic strip suitable for swiping through a terminal • • • Main Entry: ↑swipe * * * swipe card UK US noun [countable] [singular swipe card plural …   Useful english dictionary

• swipe card — ➔ card * * * swipe card UK US noun [C] COMMERCE, WORKPLACE ► a plastic card with information on a magnetic strip which can be used to pay for things, enter parts of a building that are not open to everyone, etc.: »Staff now clock on using a swipe …   Financial and business terms