Money and banking / B1

KASHM-uh-sheen/ˈkæʃ məˌʃiːn/

A cash machine (id: cash-machine) gives you money from your bank account (UK; also a cashpoint or ATM). A counter is a person in a bank or post office; cashback is at a till. High street: if the cash machine is out of order, the post office counter may still do cashback.

Meaning

A machine that gives you money from your bank account (UK; also a cashpoint or ATM).

Examples

• “The high-street cash machine is out of order; the post office counter still does cashback.”
• “A cash machine fee after 8pm is not the same as a campus cashpoint that is free in the day.”

Good to know

a cash machine (UK). Close: a cashpoint / an ATM. Contrast: a bank counter / cashback at a till. High street. Countable machines. Mix-up: cash is the money, uncountable.

Near in meaning

cashpoint, ATM

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