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Barclaycard|ˈbɑːklɪkɑːd|
Also Barclay card.
[f. the name of Barclay(s Bank + card n.2]
The name of a combined cheque guarantee card and credit card issued by Barclays Bank.
1966Times 11 Jan. 13/3 The Barclay cards are to be available to non-customers. 1966Banker Feb. 72/1 The aim is to cut down the use of cash..by making ‘Barclaycard’ a customary method of making purchases. 1968Business Week 13 Jan. 64/2 Bank of America, the world's largest bank, seems to have gotten a jump by franchising its BankAmericard to other banks... Its card is now interchangeable with Britain's Barclaycard. 1975‘A. Hall’ Mandarin Cypher ii. 33 TC's for five hundred pounds, a Barclaycard, two hundred in cash, it seemed a lot. 1981Daily Tel. 31 Mar. 21 Perhaps the only major original package that has emerged in the last fifteen years has been the birth of Barclaycard in 1966. 1983‘J. le Carré’ Little Drummer Girl iii. 58 He had lost his passport and his wallet, and his Barclaycard, and his air ticket. |
