A vending machine is the coin-fed box that drops snacks and drinks. Use the vending machine.
The oldest known one dispensed holy water in ancient Egypt, which is a genuinely old idea. A vending machine exists wherever a shop cannot be staffed.
1nounvending machineThe coin-fed box that drops snacks and drinks.
“The vending machine took his money and gave nothing back.”
vending machine is a machine.
The name is attested from 1889, though machines of the kind are centuries older.
This name for such a machine is attested since 1889. The concept of such a machine is centuries older (for more, see Wikipedia at vending machine § History).
Etymology from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA
Practised in In the City