card terminal
Swipe or tap
A card terminal is an electronic device that processes payment card transactions—reading chip, magnetic stripe, or contactless cards to authorize purchases.
Found at retail counters, restaurants, and anywhere cards are accepted: She tapped her phone on the card terminal.
Also called a card reader or payment terminal.
- swipeQuick sliding motion
- chipSmall broken-off piece
- chip and PINPayment requiring code entry
- PINAuthentication number sequence
- paymentFulfilling a financial obligation
transaction · receipt · merchant · small business · contactless · reader · point of sale · POS · checkout · beep · decline · approve · magnetic · stripe · cashless · tap · purchase · retail
- checkoutcash register, register, checkout, cashier, checkout lane
- debit cardsPIN number, contactless, expiration date, CVV, prepaid debit
- money holderswallet, purse, coin purse, change purse, money clip
- card readerschip reader
payment method accepted
card terminalcash register
Retail transaction machine
cash drawer · cash box · coin counter · money box · petty cash
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