to pay by (credit) card
51card — {{Roman}}I.{{/Roman}} noun 1 giving written or electronic information ADJECTIVE ▪ ID, identity, membership ▪ business, calling, visiting (esp. BrE) ▪ appointment …
52credit cards — Though regarded as temptations to extravagance when introduced into the UK in the 1960s, credit cards soon became, at home or abroad (and for telephone orders as well as face to face purchases) an acceptable alternative to cash for all but the …
53pay — ▪ I. pay pay 1 [peɪ] noun [uncountable] the money someone receives for the job they do: • She got the job, but it meant a big pay cut. • an increase in hourly pay • All I want is a full day s work for a full day s pay …
54Credit bureau — A credit bureau (United States), or credit reference agency (United Kingdom) is a company that collects information from various sources and provides consumer credit information on individual consumers for a variety of uses. It is an organization …
55pay — pay1 [ peı ] (present participle paying; past tense and past participle paid [ peıd ] ) verb *** 1. ) intransitive or transitive to give money in order to buy something: pay for: Let me pay for dinner. pay someone for something: Can I pay you for …
56Credit Control — Banking A series on Financial services …
57pay phone — a public telephone requiring that the caller deposit coins or use a credit card to pay for a call. Also called pay station. [1935 40] * * * n. a public telephone that is operated by coins or by a credit or prepaid card * * * noun, pl ⋯ phones… …
58credit — {{Roman}}I.{{/Roman}} noun 1 arrangement to pay later; money borrowed ADJECTIVE ▪ long term, short term ▪ interest free ▪ foreign ▪ bank ▪ …
59credit — n. & v. n. 1 (usu. of a person) a source of honour, pride, etc. (is a credit to the school). 2 the acknowledgement of merit (must give him credit for consistency). 3 a good reputation (his credit stands high). 4 a belief or trust (I place credit… …
60credit bureau — a firm that investigates the creditworthiness of and assigns a credit rating to a client s customers or potential customers. Also called credit agency. * * * Organization that provides information to merchants or other businesses concerning the… …
