money card—a plastic card for use with card phones (also: calling card):
- It is a good idea to use a calling card when you call home…. Unlike a lost credit card, the money card has no value to anyone lacking your password.
payment card—(UK, also: debit card) a plastic card with which a customer may withdraw money from his account after every transaction:
- Using payment card, we take complete control over all expenses. Security of transactions is guaranteed by a code and signature.
Note: The expression is not equivalent in meaning to the term credit card—a plastic card that is different from a payment card in that it does not remove money from the user’s account after every transaction:
- Whenever I get my credit card statement, I open it with caution and fear. Who knows when they will get into your savings.