Phrase guide
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noun
A card used by a group of similar businesses (e.g. coffee shops), which rewards customers who make regular purchases from any of the participating businesses in order to promote cooperative growth.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
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History
After loyalty card. Even though the phrase has been used as a sum of parts, for example, "play the disloyalty card" (see play the something card) or in its literal sense as a form of boycott (e.g. Unilever disloyaly cards), the earliest known use with the purpose of promoting cooperation among businesses was conceived by barista Gwilym Davies in 2009.
