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Authorization hold (also card authorization, preauthorization, or preauth) is a service offered by credit and debit card providers whereby the provider puts a hold of the amount approved by the cardholder, reducing the balance of available funds until the merchant clears the transaction (also called settlement), after the transaction is completed or aborted, or because the hold expires.
Prepaid credit card, a card that debits money from an associated account that ordinarily uses a signature rather than a PIN for verification; Stored-value card, a card that has a monetary value that is recorded as data on the card itself, and thus can be used without online access to an associated account
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