laser card

English

Debit card: a genericized trademark, from Laser.

laser card (plural laser cards)

(Ireland) A debit card.
- 2000, Ireland. Information Society Commission, Benchmarking Ireland in the information society:
  One is the proportion of the population who own credit cards or other forms of plastic payment cards such as laser cards.
- 2003, Orla O'Donnell, Peter C. Humphreys, 25. E-Government and the Decentralisation of Service Delivery, Institute of Public Administration, →ISBN, page 74:
  The payment options have also been improved and it is now possible to pay by laser card.
- 2013, OECD, Tax Administration 2013 Comparative Information on OECD and Other Advanced and Emerging Economies: Comparative Information on OECD and Other Advanced and Emerging Economies, OECD Publishing →ISBN, page 266
  The main features of ROS include facilities to: 1) file returns online; 2) make payments by laser card, debit instruction or by online banking for Income Tax only;
(computing, historical) A software storage medium resembling a credit card and read by a laser.