cashpoint

nounB1Very rare — outside the 30,000 commonest English words, so you will meet it in writing rather than in speechleans spoken

A cashpoint is the machine in a wall that gives out banknotes. Find a cashpoint.

The word began as one bank's trademark and became the general British term. A cashpoint that charges for a withdrawal must say so before the money is taken.

Definitions of cashpoint

1nouncashpointThe machine in a wall that gives out banknotes.B1
“The nearest cashpoint was two miles away and charged for every withdrawal.”

cashpoint is a machine.

Also accepted in games: atm

Where it comes from

Cashpoint was a Lloyds Bank trademark from 1972 and passed into general use.

A genericization of Cashpoint, originally a registered trademark of Lloyds Bank introduced in 1972, from cash + point.

Etymology from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA

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cashpoint

nounB1Very rare — outside the 30,000 commonest English words, so you will meet it in writing rather than in speechleans spoken

A cashpoint is the machine in a wall that gives out banknotes. Find a cashpoint.

The word began as one bank's trademark and became the general British term. A cashpoint that charges for a withdrawal must say so before the money is taken.

Definitions of cashpoint

1nouncashpointThe machine in a wall that gives out banknotes.B1
“The nearest cashpoint was two miles away and charged for every withdrawal.”

cashpoint is a machine.

Also accepted in games: atm

Where it comes from

Cashpoint was a Lloyds Bank trademark from 1972 and passed into general use.

A genericization of Cashpoint, originally a registered trademark of Lloyds Bank introduced in 1972, from cash + point.

Etymology from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA