Visa

Visa

See also: visa, vísa, and visā

English

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.

Proper noun

Visa

1. (banking) A credit card company.
   • 2003, "Weird Al" Yankovic, eBay (song)

     Got PayPal or Visa, whatever'll please ya
     As long as I've got the dough.

   • 2019, “Visa Abroad”, in (please provide the title of the work)‎, accessed 5 July 2019

     Paying with Visa abroad uses the same high-tech, anti-fraud systems as at home, so your payments are safe wherever you are.

2. Alternative spelling of visa

Noun

Visa (plural Visas)

1. (banking) Visa card
2. (banking) credit card

Translations

Visa card — see Visa card

Anagrams

• Avis, IVAs, Siva, Vias, avis, vias

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German

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈviːza/

• Audio

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Noun

Visa

1. plural of Visum

Noun

Visa n (strong, genitive Visas, plural Visa or Visas or Visen)

1. (informal, otherwise obsolete) Alternative form of Visum

Declension

Declension of Visa [neuter, strong]

	singular			plural
	indef.	def.	noun	def.	noun
nominative	ein	das	Visa	die	Visa, Visas, Visen
genitive	eines	des	Visas	der	Visa, Visas, Visen
dative	einem	dem	Visa	den	Visa, Visas, Visen
accusative	ein	das	Visa	die	Visa, Visas, Visen

Noun

Visa f (genitive Visa, plural Visas)

1. (informal) a Visa card

Declension

Declension of Visa [feminine]

	singular			plural
	indef.	def.	noun	def.	noun
nominative	eine	die	Visa	die	Visas
genitive	einer	der	Visa	der	Visas
dative	einer	der	Visa	den	Visas
accusative	eine	die	Visa	die	Visas