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
swipe card — swipe cards also swipecard N COUNT A swipe card is a plastic card with a magnetic strip on it which contains information that can be read or transferred by passing the card through a special machine. They use a swipe card to go in and out of… … English dictionary
swipe card — swipe ,card noun count a plastic card that you pass through a piece of electronic equipment that reads the information stored on the card, for example in order to open a door or to pay for something … Usage of the words and phrases in modern English
swipe card — ► NOUN ▪ a plastic card bearing magnetically encoded information which is read when the card is slid through an electronic device … English terms dictionary
swipe card — n a special plastic card that you slide through a machine in order to get into a building or open a door … Dictionary of contemporary English
swipe card — UK / US noun [countable] Word forms swipe card : singular swipe card plural swipe cards a plastic card that you pass through a piece of electronic equipment that reads the information stored on the card, for example in order to open a door or to… … English dictionary
swipe card — /ˈswaɪp kad/ (say swuyp kahd) noun a plastic card with a magnetic strip, as a credit card, security card, etc., which is swiped through an electronic reading device …
swipe card — noun a plastic card bearing magnetically encoded information which is read when the card is slid through an electronic device … English new terms dictionary
ˈswipe ˌcard — noun [C] a plastic card that you pass through a piece of electronic equipment that reads the information stored on the card … Dictionary for writing and speaking English
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
