核心畫面

One way to hold this word: a small piece of plastic that your bank hands you, and that says to a shop, we know this person and we stand behind their money. What changes from use to use is how the bank stands behind it — pay us back later, take it from the account now, or trust the this person just wrote.

bank card 可以想成一張銀行發給你的小卡片,卡片替銀行對店家說一句話:這個人我們認得,他的錢我們扛。不同用法更多收起bank card 可以想成一張銀行發給你的小卡片,卡片替銀行對店家說一句話:這個人我們認得,他的錢我們扛。不同用法的差別,只在銀行是怎麼扛的——之後再跟你收、現在就從戶頭扣,或是替你剛開的那張支票掛保證。

One branch

銀行替你出面的那張卡

三種用法都是同一張卡在做同一件事:讓店家相信錢收得到。差別只在錢什麼時候、從哪裡出來。

noun · A2

A credit card that your own bank gives you: you pay with it now, and the bank sends you the bill later.

銀行信用卡