|Origin:||carte, from Old Italian carta 'sheet of paper', from
Latin charta; CHART1| card1 S1 W2 a small piece of plastic or
paper containing information about a person or showing, for
example, that they belong to a particular organization, club
etc: Employees must show their identity cards at the gate. I
haven't got my membership card yet. a small piece of plastic,
especially one that you get from a bank or shop, which you use
to pay for goods or to get money: ➔ charge card, cheque card,
credit card, debit card Lost or stolen cards must be reported
immediately. a £10 phone card Every time you use your store
card, you get air miles. a piece of folded thick stiff paper
with a picture on the front, that you send to people on special
occasions birthday/Christmas/greetings etc card a Mother's Day
card a card with a photograph or picture on one side, that you
send to someone when you are on holiday [= postcard]: I sent you
a card from Madrid. thick stiff paper [↪ cardboard]: stiff
paper[uncountable] British Englis