English Explanatory Dictionary

green card

English dictionary entry

Meanings

noun
  1. A US work permit, officially known as United States Permanent Resident Card.
  2. A warning card, given to a player for an infraction of the rules. A further infraction may warrant a yellow card or red card.
  3. A chargecard launched by American Express in 1969.
  4. Used other than figuratively or idiomatically: see green, card.

Word forms

green card green cards

Etymology

The work permit from the historical greenish color (first used in 1946), the bank card from its green design, made to resemble US dollar bills.

Related words

blue card LPR

Derived words

blue card green carder green card marriage
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