Meaning: Profound scholarly knowledge. Classified under: Nouns denoting cognitive processes and contents. Synonyms: encyclopaedism; encyclopedism; eruditeness; erudition; learnedness; learning; scholarship. Hypernyms (erudition is a kind of...): education (knowledge acquired by learning and instruction) Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of erudition): letters (scholarly attainment)
Below we list the 15 largest credit card companies (as measured by number of active U.S. accounts), along with links to their top credit cards, phone numbers, credit score ranges, and more: Visa is a monolith in the credit card world, widely accepted by over 8 million merchants.
Amex was also the first issuer to offer a plastic card, beginning in 1959 â the same year the concept of revolving a balance from month to month was introduced. Finally, in 1966, Bank of America launched the first general-purpose credit card: the BankAmericard â forerunner to what is now VISA.