Green Card Definition

noun
A registration card, originally green, granting an alien permission to reside and be employed in the U.S.
Webster's New World
A green-colored card shown to the captain of a women's lacrosse team by a referee, indicating a delay-of-game penalty.
American Heritage
An identification card granted by the United States Immigration and Naturalization Service to legal, permanent residents.
Webster's New World Law
(field hockey) A warning card, given to a player for an infraction of the rules. A further infraction may warrant a yellow card or red card.
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Other Word Forms of Green Card

Noun

Singular:
green card
Plural:
green-cards

Origin of Green Card

  • Sense 1, from the green card on which the document was formerly printed

    From American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition

Green Card Sentence Examples

  • And before you ask, she's got her green card.

  • That is, should Green Card read the source of all modules in the transitive closure of the module 's imports?

  • An alien who has been married to a US citizen for a relatively short time (two years or less) can be granted a conditional green card.

  • The alien and his/her spouse are required to apply to have the conditional status on the green card lifted three months before the couple's second wedding anniversary.

  • The person who called out the Thing card picks which description best goes with it and whoever tossed in that card wins the green card.

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