In plain English
A payment card has an expiry date that marks the end of its valid period of use. Once that date has passed, the card is treated as no longer valid for making card payments.
In context
Here, "card expired" communicates that the failed payment attempt happened because the payment card's expiration date had already passed.
- Situation
- Reading card, bank, wallet, authorization, decline, pending, and settlement states
- What it communicates
- labels the displayed card-related reason after a failed payment attempt.
Meaning limits
This term by itself does not establish anything beyond the card no longer being valid because its expiry date has passed.
Examples
“The shop could not take the payment because the card had expired the month before.”
“When she tried to pay the parking fee, the card had already expired.”