automated-teller machine

[aw-tuh-mey-tid--tel-er muh--sheen]

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

noun

1. ATM. a computerized cash dispenser

Word History and Origins

Origin of automated teller machine¹

First recorded in 1970–75

Example Sentences

One evening in April, Dave Winston stood in a convenience store in suburban Charlotte, N.C., uneasily shoving $20 bills into a slim automated-teller machine unlike any he had ever seen.

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At the same time, the bank said it would expand its automated-teller machine network, adding 52 ATMs at elevated train stations in the Chicago area.

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Ansip withdrew the first 20-euro note from a ceremonial automated-teller machine shortly after midnight.

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There's no mistaking an automated-teller machine for a bank teller.

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It is, in short, one of the great conveniences of modern technology: the ATM, or automated-teller machine.

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