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MustAsk Posted 11 years ago
Vocabulary

Fill a card

Hi

When your credits on a refill card are depleted, you refill the card.

But when you put credits on the card for the first time, do you 'fill' the card?

I somehow got the impression that 'fill' cannot be used that way in that context. I wonder if I'm wrong?

Thanks!
  

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I’m uncertain what your ‘refill card’ is. In the UK, an Oyster card, for example, can be loaded to a given limit of credit. Then it is ‘topped up’ by replacing used credits with an additional payment to London Transport.

— Wilpeter

  • I’m uncertain what your ‘refill card’ is.
  • In the UK, an Oyster card, for example, can be loaded to a given limit of credit.
  • Then it is ‘topped up’ by replacing used credits with an additional payment to London Transport.
  • The limit remains the same, in the same way that a gas tank can hold no more than X gallons/litres.
  • Does that help?
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I’m uncertain what your ‘refill card’ is. In the UK, an Oyster card, for example, can be loaded to a given limit of credit. Then it is ‘topped up’ by replacing used credits with an additional payment to London Transport. The limit remains the same, in the same way that a gas tank can hold no more than X gallons/litres. Does that help?
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I'm not sure, but thank you for trying. Though, you mentioned 'loaded'. Does load money onto a card sound fine?
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Yes, it does to me.
You can Google "Oyster Card" and read the London Transport site's explanation.
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