noun
- A playing card.
- (in the plural) Any game using playing cards; a card game.
- A resource or an argument, used to achieve a purpose.
- Any flat, normally rectangular piece of stiff paper, plastic etc.
- A map or chart.
- An amusing or entertaining person, often slightly eccentrically so.
- A list of scheduled events or of performers or contestants.
- A tabular presentation of the key statistics of an innings or match: batsmen’s scores and how they were dismissed, extras, total score and bowling figures.
- A removable electronic device that may be inserted into a powered electronic device to provide additional capability.
- A greeting card.
- A business card.
- Title card / Intertitle: A piece of filmed, printed text edited into the midst of the photographed action at various points, generally to convey character dialogue or descriptive narrative material related to the plot.
- A test card.
- A published note, containing a brief statement, explanation, request, expression of thanks, etc.
- A printed programme.
- (by extension) An attraction or inducement.
- A paper on which the points of the compass are marked; the dial or face of the mariner's compass.
- A perforated pasteboard or sheet-metal plate for warp threads, making part of the Jacquard apparatus of a loom.
- An indicator card.
verb
- To check IDs, especially against a minimum age requirement.
- To play cards.
- To make (a stated score), as recorded on a scoring card.
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