"Visa" meaning in English

See Visa in All languages combined, or Wiktionary

Proper name

Etymology: Coined by the company's founder, Dee Hock, who believed that the word was instantly recognizable in many languages and that it denoted universal acceptance. Head templates: {{en-proper noun}} Visa
  1. (banking) A credit card company. Categories (topical): Banking
    Sense id: en-Visa-en-name-NZ5UmDNY Topics: banking, business
  2. Alternative spelling of visa Tags: alt-of, alternative Alternative form of: visa
    Sense id: en-Visa-en-name-xA3-kmku Categories (other): Pages with 3 entries Disambiguation of Pages with 3 entries: 7 10 26 5 28 11 3 4 6

Noun

Forms: Visas [plural]
Etymology: Coined by the company's founder, Dee Hock, who believed that the word was instantly recognizable in many languages and that it denoted universal acceptance. Head templates: {{en-noun}} Visa (plural Visas)
  1. (banking) A credit card issued by the credit card company Visa. Categories (topical): Banking Related terms: Mastercard
    Sense id: en-Visa-en-noun-gY4hMDS4 Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, Entries with translation boxes, Pages with 3 entries, Pages with entries, Terms with Mandarin translations Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 11 26 48 15 Disambiguation of Entries with translation boxes: 8 14 66 11 Disambiguation of Pages with 3 entries: 7 10 26 5 28 11 3 4 6 Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 7 9 33 5 25 10 2 3 6 Disambiguation of Terms with Mandarin translations: 11 25 51 12 Topics: banking, business
  2. (banking) A credit card. Categories (topical): Banking
    Sense id: en-Visa-en-noun-P1EAAurf Topics: banking, business
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Translations (credit card issued by Visa): 維薩卡 /维萨卡 (wéisàkǎ) (Chinese Mandarin)
Disambiguation of 'credit card issued by Visa': 51 49

Inflected forms

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