automatic teller machine
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- noun
- /ˈɔːtəmætɪk ˈtɛlər məˈʃin/
:
cajero automático
- I need to withdraw some cash from the automatic teller machine before heading to the store.
- automatic teller machine card
- automatic teller machine transaction
- use automatic teller machines
Examples
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For most community-based activities (e.g., grocery shopping, taking public transportation, crossing streets, making small purchases, using an automatic teller machine (ATM), or ordering a meal in a restaurant), the best and most effective location for instruction is within the natural community environments in which the activities will take place.
Academic text (2012) -
Banks, replaced by automatic teller machines and home computers, are an example of the principle of dematerialization.
Academic text (2000) -
You busted into an automatic teller machine?
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Consider what the cost is for one automatic teller machine transaction; there is a whole world out there for trade lawyers to explore.
Academic text (1991) -
There are no automatic teller machines to withdraw money either.
Blog text (27) -
He had seen his dad get cash with his credit card at the bank and at the automatic teller machine.
Fiction book (1998) -
We bank online and through computerized automatic teller machines.
Academic text (2007) -
For several days, Judd saved cash, withdrawing as much as he could each day from the automatic teller machine.
Fiction book (1998) -
Hong Kong suddenly had become the automatic teller machine of foreign investors and, therefore, the victim of massive withdrawals of funds that amounted to billions in early 1998.
Academic text (2001) -
Every morning, she stops by the automatic teller machine to get money for lunch.
Synonyms
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A machine outside banks that gives cash when you use a card and code
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A machine outside a bank where you take out money with a bank card and PIN
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A machine outside banks that lets customers use a bank card to take out cash and do simple bank tasks
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A machine outside banks that gives cash and does simple bank tasks with a card
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A machine that gives you cash from your bank account when you use a bank card and secret number
A machine outside a bank that gives out money when you use a bank card and code
Antonyms
How Automated
Surface Forms
Morphology
The meaning 'a machine that performs the job of a bank teller automatically' is directly and transparently derivable from 'automatic' (without human input) + 'teller' (bank worker) + 'machine' (device). This compound follows straightforward English composition patterns and has clear cross-linguistic parallels, so a B1 learner who knows the constituent words would readily infer the MWE's meaning.
Etymology
Automatic teller machine is a name made from three words: automatic meaning it works by itself, teller meaning a bank worker who gives money, and machine meaning a device. So it became the name for a machine where people can 'get cash' and do simple bank tasks without a person.