Meaning & use
cash point card
Last updated
Meanings
nouncountableBritish
A plastic bank card that lets you take money out of your account from a cash machine.
Grammar: Countable: say a cash point card or two cash point cards.
Patterns
- use a cash point card
- pay with a cash point card
- a cash point card for something
She used her cash point card to take out fifty pounds on the way home.
My cash point card stopped working, so I had to go inside the bank.
Keep your cash point card somewhere safe and never tell anyone your PIN.
nouncountableBritish
A card that can also be used to pay for goods directly from a bank account, not only to get cash.
Grammar: Countable; often used when the same card does two jobs.
Patterns
- pay by cash point card
- accept cash point cards
The shop takes cash point cards, so you don't need cash.
He paid by cash point card and the money left his account the same day.
Word forms
| plural | cash point cards |
|---|
Common combinations
- use a cash point card
- You can use a cash point card at almost any machine on the high street.
- a cash point card for something
- I need a cash point card for my student account.
- lose a cash point card
- If you lose a cash point card, call the bank straight away.
- cash point card number
- Never write your cash point card number in an email.
- pay by cash point card
- Most customers here pay by cash point card rather than cash.
Synonyms and how they differ
- debit card
- The more general and more formal term; it works in both British and American English and covers payments as well as cash withdrawals.
- ATM card
- The usual American term; use it in US contexts, though it can suggest a card used only at machines.
- bank card
- A broader word for any card from a bank, so it is less precise than cash point card.
Word family
- cash point noun
- A machine in a wall or shop where you can take out money with a card.
- cash noun
- Money in coins and notes, rather than money in a bank account.
Commonly confused: cash point card or credit card? cash point card or cashpoint?
cash point card vs credit card
A credit card borrows money that you repay later, while a cash point card takes money straight from your own account.
cash point card vs cashpoint
Cashpoint is the machine itself; a cash point card is the card you put into it.
Practice
Choose the sentence that uses 'cash point card' correctly.
Choose one answer.
'With my cash point card' shows the card as the tool you use. Option 2 wrongly adds 'machine', option 3 uses the wrong preposition and pattern, and option 4 confuses the card with its PIN.
Make it your own
Write a sentence using “cash point card”, then check it and compare it with the examples above.