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use a different card

To attempt the same payment again with another payment card after the card previously tried for it is unsuccessful.

In plain English

This means trying the payment again with another payment card. The earlier card did not go through, and the payment being retried is the same one, not a new or changed payment.

In context

Here, it asks the user to retry that same payment with another payment card because the card already tried was unsuccessful.

Situation
Reading card, bank, wallet, authorization, decline, pending, and settlement states
What it communicates
prompts the user to switch to another card.

Meaning limits

By itself, this term does not say why the earlier card was unsuccessful or whether the new attempt will succeed.

Examples

“When her first card was declined for the train fare, she used a different card for the same fare.”

Core meaning

“After the first card did not go through, the checkout asked her to use a different card.”

In context