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green card

noun

Meaning

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

Etymology / origin

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.

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