Synonyms: charge card, charge plate, credit card, plastic
Definition: a card (usually plastic) that assures a seller that the person using it has a satisfactory credit rating and that the issuer will see to it that the seller receives payment for the merchandise delivered
Usage: do you take plastic?
Similar words: positive identification
Definition: evidence proving that you are who you say you are; evidence establishing that you are among the group of people already known to the system; recognition by the system leads to acceptance
Usage: a system for positive identification can prevent the use of a single identity by several people
Similar words: open-end credit, revolving credit, charge account credit
Definition: a consumer credit line that can be used up to a certain limit or paid down at any time
Synonyms: plastic
Definition: generic name for certain synthetic or semisynthetic materials that can be molded or extruded into objects or films or filaments or used for making e.g. coatings and adhesives
Similar words: solid
Definition: matter that is solid at room temperature and pressure
Synonyms: formative, shaping, plastic
Definition: forming or capable of forming or molding or fashioning
Usage: a formative influence; a formative experience
Similar words: constructive
Definition: constructing or tending to construct or improve or promote development
Usage: constructive criticism; a constructive attitude; a constructive philosophy; constructive permission
Synonyms: fictile, plastic, moldable
Definition: capable of being molded or modeled (especially of earth or clay or other soft material)
Usage: plastic substances such as wax or clay
Similar words: elastic
Definition: capable of resuming original shape after stretching or compression; springy
Usage: an elastic band; a youthful and elastic walk
Definition: capable of being influenced or formed
Usage: the plastic minds of children; a pliant nature
Similar words: waxy, impressible, impressionable
Definition: easily impressed or influenced
Usage: an impressionable youngster; an impressionable age; a waxy mind