cashless

[ kash-lis ]

adjective

1. having or using no cash.

cashless

/ ˈkæʃlɪs /

adjective

1. functioning, operated, or performed without using coins or banknotes for money transactions but instead using credit cards or electronic transfer of funds

   cashless shopping

Other Words From

• cashless·ness noun

Word History and Origins

Origin of cashless¹

First recorded in 1825–35; cash ¹ + -less

Example Sentences

At the same time, countries around the world are looking at going cashless, making this a ripe moment to focus on the frictionless checkout space.

From TechCrunch

The number had dropped to 28% in 2020, even before the Covid-19 pandemic, which led to wider adoption of cashless and contactless payment among businesses.

From Quartz

A few weeks ago, Disney also added cashless payment options such as mobile wallets, debit cards, credit cards and gift cards, so you can pay for something by swiping your wristband.

From Washington Post

The debt probably has grown in the past year as the state moved to cashless tolling.

From Washington Post

The company provides market vendors with smartphones so that cashless payments can be made through its mobile wallet.

From Ozy

Landowners made up 95 percent of the population in the cashless post–Revolutionary War slump.

From The Daily Beast

This also Vladislaus, the beneficent cashless Uncle, liking George more and more, permitted to be done.

From Project Gutenberg

But the cashless, unsusceptible Mule stands in no peril of such baleful self-deception.

From Project Gutenberg