11.   Just a few years ago, consumers used their credit cards mainly for meals, trips and other small purchases such as clothing, said Seay.

12.   Mondex is economical for small purchases because merchants would not need a telephone link to a central computer.

13.   New Internet shoppers say they were first emboldened by small purchases at Amazon.com.

14.   On the contrary, he aims to turn their size to his advantage by emphasizing the convenience of ducking into the corner Walgreens for small purchases.

15.   One reason is that more people are using credit cards for more small purchases than in the past.

16.   SunTrust Banks has made about two dozen small purchases over the last dozen years and had lost out to NationsBank in bidding for Barnett Banks last year.

17.   The companies said their employees soon will begin testing personal computers equipped with special card readers to download cash onto cards that can be used for small purchases online.

18.   The farm groups shifted the political arguments to a local level, lobbying Congress to understand how important even relatively small purchases of agricultural products could be to farmers.

19.   The MTA has been quietly planning a revolution in the way millions of New Yorkers pay for small purchases.

20.   The windfall was discovered by people who made small purchases on Sunday morning, then received receipts showing unexpectedly large balances in their accounts.