cashless society

American  

noun

1. a society in which purchases of goods or services are made by credit card or electronic funds transferral rather than with cash or checks.

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Etymology

Origin of cashless society

First recorded in 1970–75

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cashless society

A cashless society also raises concerns about privacy and surveillance.

From Salon ● Feb. 28, 2025

They also may cling on to checks for cultural reasons or for psychological ones — for example, because writing them out is a manual process, almost like using cash in an increasingly cashless society.

From New York Times ● Jan. 7, 2024

But just as technological shifts helped create the problem, further advances are now helping charitable groups and advocates for the unhoused reach those most in danger of being left behind in a cashless society.

From Seattle Times ● Dec. 9, 2023

The reform has created something like a cashless society - but not in the way the CBN had planned.

From BBC ● Feb. 13, 2023

From barter to the trading of commodities futures and stock options, from money to the cashless society, markets constitute frameworks for higher transaction efficiency, often equated with profit.

From The Civilization of Illiteracy by Mihai Nadin