plastic money
Swipe to pay
Plastic money is credit cards, debit cards, and other payment cards—so called because they're made of plastic rather than paper or metal.
The term often appears in discussions contrasting card payments with cash: Nobody carries cash anymore; it's all plastic money now.
Sometimes shortened to just plastic: Do you take plastic?
- debit cardPayment from checking account
- cardStiff paper rectangle
- credit cardBorrowed-funds payment tool
- bank cardPlastic for account access
- charge cardFull-balance payment plastic
prepaid cards · pay · swipe right · chip · pin · credit limit · magnetic stripe · digital wallets · cardholder · Visa · smart card · tap · contactless payment · credit utilization · revolving credit · minimum payment · max out · annual fee
plastic moneycash
Ready spending funds
hard cash · cold hard cash · paper money · coins · banknotes
plastic moneycash payment
Transaction using physical currency
cash on the barrelhead · upfront payment · pay-as-you-go · barter · direct exchange