card machine

Tap-to-pay device

A card machine is a device that processes payments from credit or debit cards, typically found at retail checkouts, restaurants, and other points of sale.

The term is more common in British than American English, where *card reader* or *card terminal* often appears instead.

The card machine's down, so we're cash only today.

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contactless · contactless payment · payment · PIN · receipt · transaction · merchant · tap · reader · POS · credit · debit · beep · decline · please wait · approved · counter · checkout

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payment method

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Ready spending funds

cash drawer · cash box · money box · coin tray · petty cash

transaction modernity

card machinecash register

Retail transaction machine

cash drawer · ledger · money pouch · coin purse · strongbox

payment method technology

card machinecash register

Retail transaction machine

cash drawer · cash box · coin counter · money box · piggy bank

Family

card, machine, cards, carded, carding, cardboard, machines, machined, machining

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Known to kids · Timeless · Concrete · Everyday, not technical · Rated G