e-cash

See also: ecash

English

Etymology

From e- +‎ cash.

Noun

e-cash (uncountable)

1. Money that is held, exchanged and represented in electronic form, and is used for transactions over the Internet.

   Synonyms: e-money, cybermoney, cybercash

   Hyponym: blind ecash

   • 2001, Jonathan Franzen, The Corrections:

     The money came in the form of bank drafts, credit-card numbers, e-cash encryption keys, wire transfers to Crédit Suisse, and hundred-dollar bills in airmail envelopes.

Related terms

• e-payment
• e-wallet

 

References

• OED 2001

Anagrams

• Chaes, Chase, Cheas, HACEs, aches, chase