How not to say what you mean: A dictionary of euphemisms. R. W. Holder. 2014.
card - cart - chart — ◊ card A card is a piece of stiff paper with information on. Put all the details on the card. ...a membership card. A card is also a piece of stiff paper folded in half with a picture and a message printed on it, which you send someone on a… … Useful english dictionary
carry — 1 verb carried, carrying 1 LIFT AND TAKE (T) to take something somewhere in your hands or arms, on your back etc: A porter helped me carry my luggage. | Let me carry that for you. | carry sth around/out/to etc: I m not carrying it around all day! … Longman dictionary of contemporary English
Card reader — A card reader is a data input device that reads data from a card shaped storage medium. Historically, paper or cardboard punched cards were used throughout the first several decades of the computer industry to store information and write programs … Wikipedia
carry — car|ry1 W1S1 [ˈkæri] v past tense and past participle carried present participle carrying third person singular carries ▬▬▬▬▬▬▬ 1¦(lift and take)¦ 2¦(vehicle/ship/plane)¦ 3¦(pipe/wire etc)¦ 4¦(move something)¦ 5¦(have with you)¦ … Dictionary of contemporary English
CARD — ( certificates of amortized revolving debt) pass through securities backed by credit card receivables. Bloomberg Financial Dictionary * * * card card [kɑːd ǁ kɑːrd] noun [countable] 1. a small piece of plastic or paper that shows that someone… … Financial and business terms
card — [[t]kɑ͟ː(r)d[/t]] ♦♦ cards 1) N COUNT A card is a piece of stiff paper or thin cardboard on which something is written or printed. Check the numbers below against the numbers on your card. 2) N COUNT: with supp, usu n N A card is a piece of… … English dictionary
card-carrying — 1) ADJ: ADJ n A card carrying member of a particular group or political party is an official member of that group or party, rather than someone who supports it. [be V ed] I ve been a card carrying member of the Labour party for five years. 2) ADJ … English dictionary
Draft-card burning — Young men burn their draft cards in New York City on April 15, 1967, at Sheep Meadow, Central Park Draft card burning was a symbol of protest performed by thousands of young American men as part of the opposition to the involvement of the United… … Wikipedia
Belgian national identity card — The front side of a Belgian identity card All Belgians aged 12 and above are issued with an identity card (Dutch: Identiteitskaart, French: Carte d’identité, German: Personalausweis). Belgians aged 15 and above are required to always carry it… … Wikipedia
National Registration Identity Card — Date first issued 1965 Issued by … Wikipedia
