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| cash |
"Cash" is a word for paper money or coins. When people pay for something using cash, it means that they don't use a credit card or a check. Credit cards and checks are other ways to pay for something that you buy. [1/2 definitions] |
| charge |
to put off payment for until a later date; pay for with a credit card. [1/12 definitions] |
| credit card |
A credit card is a small, plastic card that people sometimes use to pay for things they want to buy. A credit card lets a person buy things in a store or other place and pay for them later. People get a credit card from a bank. When they use the card in a store, the bank pays the store for the things they buy, but the people have to pay the money back to the bank eventually. |
| holder |
A holder is a person who has or owns something, especially an official thing like a passport or credit card. [1/2 definitions] |
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