cashpoint

See also: cash point

English

Alternative forms

• cash point

Etymology

Genericisation of Cashpoint, originally a registered trademark of Lloyds Bank introduced in 1972, from cash +‎ point.

Noun

cashpoint (plural cashpoints)

1. (British, Ireland, banking) An automated teller machine.
   • 2009 May 12, Alan Travis, “Gordon Brown urges police to walk people home from cashpoint”, in The Guardian‎^[2]:

     Gordon Brown today urged police across England and Wales to offer to walk the last mile home with people who feel unsafe after they visit the cashpoint.

Related terms

• cash machine
• chargepoint

 

Translations

automated teller machine — see automated teller machine

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