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  • automated-teller machine
    automated-teller machine
    noun
    an electronic banking machine that dispenses cash, accepts deposits, and performs other services when a customer inserts a plastic card and pushes the proper coded buttons. ATM
  • automated teller machine
    automated teller machine
    noun
    a computerized cash dispenser
Synonyms

automated-teller machine

American  
[aw-tuh-mey-tid--tel-er muh--sheen] / ˈɔ təˌmeɪ tɪd ˈtɛl ər mə ˌʃin /

noun

  1. an electronic banking machine that dispenses cash, accepts deposits, and performs other services when a customer inserts a plastic card and pushes the proper coded buttons. ATM


automated teller machine British  

noun

  1.  ATM.  a computerized cash dispenser

"Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged" 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012

Etymology

Origin of automated-teller machine

First recorded in 1970–75

Example Sentences

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The only financial innovation of recent decades that really improved Americans’ lives, Mr. Volcker once said, was the automated teller machine.

From Washington Post • Dec. 9, 2019

Mr. Maselli said he once had neon signs in the window and an automated teller machine inside, which he removed at the landlord’s request.

From New York Times • Aug. 31, 2014

In Boston, Kyle Powers and Chris Yim, co-founders of Liberty Teller, a company that operates a bitcoin automated teller machine, were helping customers and answering questions at their kiosk in South Station on Tuesday.

From Reuters • Feb. 25, 2014

The bank told customers they could visit a branch or an automated teller machine instead of conducting business online.

From Reuters • Oct. 4, 2011

On a recent trip to Louisiana for her family reunion she watched every nickel and checked her balance at the automated teller machine several times a day.

From "Class Matters" by The New York Times