单词 | master card |
释义 | master cardn. 1. Bridge and Whist. A card that cannot be beaten unless it is trumped. ΘΚΠ society > leisure > entertainment > pastimes > game > card game > bridge > [noun] > types of card card of re-entry1870 master card1872 singleton1876 entry1884 control1892 stopper1900 raiser1912 long card1913 loser1917 X1920 minor1927 top1929 side entry1937 penalty card1958 master1962 1872 Appletons' Jrnl. 8 June 642/1 But, if you hold the master-card, you're bound In most cases to play it second round. 1967 P. Anderton Play Bridge xi. 88 South covers with his A...and West trumps... East now holds the master cards in the Spade suit. 2. A record card which summarizes the information recorded on a number of other cards. ΘΚΠ society > computing and information technology > hardware > secondary storage > [noun] > punch card or tape punched paper1860 punch card1881 punched tape1885 paper tape1890 perforated tape1890 punched card1890 master card1937 tape1945 1937 Times 13 Apr. p. iv/3 A..tabulator, which..can collate, record and analyse 900 production facts a minute, as well as produce master cards summarizing the figures it tabulates. 1961 T. Landau Encycl. Librarianship (ed. 2) 236/2 Master card, a main entry in a card catalogue bearing tracings indicating all the added entries, [etc.]. 1970 O. Dopping Computers & Data Processing iv. 72 If the machine has only one card feed, data are transferred from a master card to the following cards which are often called detail cards. 3. In form MasterCard. A proprietary name for: a brand of credit card.The brand was originally called Master Charge (Master Charge n.). ΘΚΠ society > trade and finance > management of money > solvency > [noun] > credit documents > credit card credit card1888 bank card1947 card1950 American Express1958 Amex1958 charge card1962 banker's card1966 Barclaycard1966 cheque card1966 Master Charge1966 gold card1970 asset card1975 debit card1975 visa1976 affinity card1979 master card1979 smart card1980 phonecard1981 key card1985 Connect1987 Switch card1988 1979 Amer. Banker 28 Aug. 1/1 Interbank Card Association has taken the first step toward changing the name of the Master Charge card to MasterCard so that it fits more easily into the role of a ‘universal’ credit-debit product. 1984 Gainesville (Florida) Sun 3 Apr. 2 a/5 I ordered some zoysia grass plugs from Lakeland Nurseries..and charged it to my MasterCard credit card. 1994 D. Goold How to get what you want from your Bank i. 21 I discovered I have a five-and-a-half-year-old R2 on a MasterCard. I would like to think..the bill fell down the back of the fridge. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, March 2001; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < n.1872 |
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