automated teller
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- noun
- /ˈɔːtəˌmeɪtɪd ˈtɛlər/
:
cajero automático
- She knew the location of the nearest automated teller.
- automated teller machine
Examples
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TPC-A simulates a banking application where users submit simple debit or credit transactions to the system from automated teller machines.
Academic text (1994) -
They are available to the user and include locations of automated teller machines, banks, coffee shops, intersections, motels, restaurants, and used-car lots.
Academic text (2007) -
These Automated Teller Machines eventually came to be known by an acronym that
Blog text (1) -
Many people use a computer in day-to-day activities, be it to get cash from an automated teller machine or to compose a letter.
Academic text (1997) -
Why are kiosks, Automated Teller Machines, and other automated processes suddenly so bad for our national unemployment rate?
Blog text (16) -
PHOTO (BLACK & WHITE): Figure 6. Touch screen technology is used extensively in the design and manufacture of automated teller machines (ATM).
Academic text (2008) -
After a two-hour workout at Xclusive, I stopped by an automated teller machine where, just for the hell of it, I withdrew another hundred dollars, feeling better about having an even five hundred in my wallet.
Fiction book (2000) -
I withdrew cash from the automated teller at the bank to pay for lunch.
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There was a long line at the automated teller on Friday evening as people needed cash for the weekend.
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With my personal coded card, I can access my bank account through any automated teller around the city.
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 that gives you cash from your bank account when you use a bank card and secret number
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A machine outside banks that gives cash and lets you do basic banking with a card and a code
A machine outside a bank that gives out money when you use a bank card and code
Antonyms
How Automated
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Surface Forms
Morphology
The meaning is directly derivable from 'automated' (machine-controlled) + 'teller' (bank worker): an automated teller is a device that performs a teller's functions. This is a regular adjective+noun composition that follows common cross-linguistic logic, so a B1 learner who knows both words would readily infer the intended meaning.
Etymology
Automated teller comes from the idea of a teller, a 'bank worker' who handles cash, being made automated and replaced by a machine that gives out money. So today automated teller means 'a machine' that people use to withdraw cash and do simple bank tasks.