e-cash

[ ee-kash ]

/ ˈiˌkæʃ /

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noun Digital Technology.

money that is exchanged electronically over computer or telecommunications networks.

any of various systems of payment for purchases made on the internet.

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QUIZ YOURSELF ON "WAS" VS. "WERE"!

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“Was” is used for the indicative past tense of “to be,” and “were” is only used for the subjunctive past tense.

Origin of e-cash

First recorded in 1990–95; e-² + cash¹

One that they cannot cash in at the bank to pay for their flats.
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E was an Esquire, with pride on his brow; F was a Farmer, and followed the plough.
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The promoters went his security and put up the cash into the bargain, and he went back to the publishing house victorious.
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