phone card

phone card
noun
a card that is used instead of cash to make telephone calls
Syn: ↑calling card
Hypernyms: ↑credit card, ↑charge card, ↑charge plate, ↑plastic

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phone card UK US noun [countable] [singular phone card plural phone cards]
a plastic card used instead of money for paying for a telephone call
Thesaurus: telephones and telecommunication equipmenthyponym

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phone card «fohn kahrd»,
a kind of telephone calling card that is pre-paid to cover the cost of a specified amount of telephone time.

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n. another term for calling card (sense 2)

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noun, pl ⋯ cards [count]

Useful english dictionary. 2012.

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  • phone card — n. see CALLING CARD (sense 3) * * * …   Universalium

  • phone card — phone ,card noun count a plastic card used instead of money for paying for a telephone call …   Usage of the words and phrases in modern English

  • phone card — phone′ card n. tgp calling card 3) …   From formal English to slang

  • phone card — n. see CALLING CARD (sense 3) …   English World dictionary

  • phone card — UK / US noun [countable] Word forms phone card : singular phone card plural phone cards a plastic card used instead of money for paying for a telephone call …   English dictionary

  • phone card — /ˈfoʊn kad/ (say fohn kahd) noun a pre paid, usually plastic card which may be used when making phone calls, either by inserting the card into a public telephone in lieu of coins, or by dialling a unique code printed on the card before dialling a …  

  • phone card — noun Date: 1982 a prepaid card used for making telephone calls …   New Collegiate Dictionary

  • phone card. — See calling card (def. 3). * * * …   Universalium

  • phone card — n. prepaid card used for making telephone calls …   English contemporary dictionary

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