coin slot

Money intake aperture

A coin slot is a narrow opening designed to accept coins, as on a vending machine, parking meter, or arcade game.

The term also refers informally to the visible cleft of someone's buttocks when their pants ride low—the resemblance to the slot being both visual and slightly crude: Pull up your pants, your coin slot is showing.

arcade

tokens

Currency substitutes

skee-ball · highscore · credits · game-over · jukebox · retro · ticket · redemption · continue · replay

payment

quarters

Assigned living accommodations

change · insert · deposit · currency · cash · toll · fee · tender · accept · reject

vending

machine

Power-driven working device

soda · candy · automat · selection · button · purchase · gumball · coffee · chips · chocolate

transit

turnstile

Rotating single-passage barrier

validator · faregate · bus · subway · fare · ticket · kiosk · parking · barrier · gate

mechanism

receptacle

Container for items

  • chuteInclined passage for descent
  • leverPivoting bar for lifting
  • springRecoiling metal spiral

gears · actuator · sensor · plunger · cam · ejector · crank · sprocket · linkage · carousel

Categories
Opposites
payment input mechanism

coin slotcard reader

Device reading encoded strips

card swipe · chip reader · credit card terminal · tap-to-pay · free entry

dispensing vs receiving

coin slotcoin return

Mechanism dispensing unused payment

coin dispenser · change dispenser · hopper

Family

coin, coins, slot, mints, slots, coinage, coining, minted, coined

Familiarity
Top 100,000
Profile
Known to kids · Used worldwide · Timeless · Concrete · Everyday, not technical · Rated PG