PIN pad

British

noun

a small keypad at a point of sale on which someone making a purchase using a credit or debit card types his or her PIN to confirm the purchase

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I could still see the PIN pad as I stood directly behind a representative holding a protected screen.

From The Wall Street Journal • Feb. 25, 2026

Earlier in the pandemic, Hudson said, management removed the PIN pad that customers had used to pay.

From New York Times • Apr. 19, 2022

The fingerprint reader unlocks the gun in microseconds, but since it may not work when wet or in other adverse conditions, the PIN pad is there as a backup.

From Reuters • Jan. 11, 2022

They can also enter their telephone number on the PIN pad at the time of purchase.

From New York Times • Mar. 18, 2015

"We are not excluding any possibilities from our investigation, but at this point we believe PIN pad tampering may have occurred," Marker said.

From Chicago Tribune • May 6, 2011

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