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identity card

a card that establishes a person's identity, esp one issued to all members of the population in wartime, to the staff of an organization, etc

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Noun

identity card - a card certifying the identity of the bearer; "he had to show his card to get in"

card

business card - a card on which are printed the person's name and business affiliation

donor card - a card that you carry on your person and that authorizes the use of your organs for transplantation after your death

keycard - a plastic card that has a magnetically coded strip that is scanned in order to operate a mechanism

membership card - a card certifying membership in an organization

borrower's card, library card - a card certifying the bearer's right to use the library

ration card - a card certifying the bearer's right to purchase rationed goods

positive identification - evidence proving that you are who you say you are; evidence establishing that you are among the group of people already known to the system; recognition by the system leads to acceptance; "a system for positive identification can prevent the use of a single identity by several people"

Translations

بِطَاقَةٌ شَخْصِيَّةٌبِطاقَة هويَّه

občanský průkazprůkaz totožnosti

identitetskort

Personalausweis Ausweis

δελτίο ταυτότητας

carné de identidad documento de identidad

henkilöllisyystodistus

carte d’identitécarte d'identité

osobna iskaznica

nafnskírteini; skilríki

carta d’identitàcarta di identità carta d'identit...

身分証明書

신분증

identiteitsbewijs

legitimasjonskort identitetskort

dowód osobisty

bilhete de identidade carteira de identidade

удостоверение личности

preukaz totožnosti

osebna izkaznica

identitetskort

บัตรประจำตัว

kimlik kartı hüviyet cüzdanı

thẻ căn cước

身份证

identity card

n → carta d'identità

Collins Italian Dictionary 1st Edition © HarperCollins Publishers 1995

identity

(aiˈdentəti) noun

who or what a person is. The police are still uncertain of the murderer's identity.

iˈdentity card

a card with a person's name (often also with a photograph) which is carried to show or prove who he/she is.

identity card

→ بِطَاقَةٌ شَخْصِيَّةٌ občanský průkaz identitetskort Personalausweis δελτίο ταυτότητας carné de identidad, documento de identidad henkilöllisyystodistus carte d’identité osobna iskaznica carta d’identità 身分証明書 신분증 identiteitsbewijs legitimasjonskort dowód osobisty bilhete de identidade, carteira de identidade удостоверение личности identitetskort บัตรประจำตัว kimlik kartı thẻ căn cước 身份证

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'If a victim gets a phone call believed from a scammer who asks for his identity card number, immediately report to the police because we are afraid that the identity card number given to the scammer will be used irresponsibly in his (scammer's) interests,' he said.

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ISLAMABAD: The Election Commission of Pakistan (ECP) has issued special instructions to National Database and Registration Authority (Nadra) for issuance and timely delivery of National Identity Cards in order to ensure participation of voters in the 2018 general elections.