cards

A playing card.

(in the plural) Any game using playing cards; a card game.

He played cards with his friends.

A resource or an argument, used to achieve a purpose.

He accused them of playing the race card.

Any flat, normally rectangular piece of stiff paper, plastic etc.

A map or chart.

An amusing or entertaining person, often slightly eccentrically so.

A list of scheduled events or of performers or contestants.

What’s on the card for tonight?

A tabular presentation of the key statistics of an innings or match: batsmen’s scores and how they were dismissed, extras, total score and bowling figures.

A removable electronic device that may be inserted into a powered electronic device to provide additional capability.

He needed to replace the card his computer used to connect to the internet.

A greeting card.

She gave her neighbors a card congratulating them on their new baby.

A business card.

The realtor gave me her card so I could call if I had any questions about buying a house.

Title card / Intertitle: A piece of filmed, printed text edited into the midst of the photographed action at various points, generally to convey character dialogue or descriptive narrative material related to the plot.

A test card.

A published note, containing a brief statement, explanation, request, expression of thanks, etc.

to put a card in the newspapers

A printed programme.

(by extension) An attraction or inducement.

This will be a good card for the last day of the fair.

A paper on which the points of the compass are marked; the dial or face of the mariner's compass.

A perforated pasteboard or sheet-metal plate for warp threads, making part of the Jacquard apparatus of a loom.

An indicator card.