e-money

English

Etymology

From e- +‎ money.

Noun

e-money (uncountable)

1. The virtual money used in e-banking or its shadow banking counterparts.

   Synonyms: cybercash, cybermoney, e-cash

   Hyponym: cryptocurrency

   Coordinate terms: cybercurrency, digital currency, e-currency, virtual currency

   • 1995, “E-money”, in Popular Science, volume 247, number 1, page 74:

     Once e-money is accepted as universally as greenbacks, don't be surprised if a disheveled man on the street steps up to you and says, "Brother, can you spare a little stored value?"

   • 2009, Roger LeRoy Miller, Gaylord A. Jentz, Fundamentals of Business Law: Excerpted Cases, page 412:

     Another form of e-money is the smart card.

Related terms

• e-payment
• e-wallet

 

Anagrams

• yeomen