automated teller machine
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- noun
- /ˈɔːtəˌmeɪtɪd ˈtɛlər məˌʃin/
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cajero automático
- 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.
- automated teller machine (ATM)
- automated teller machine network
- customers of automated teller machines
Examples
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PHOTO (BLACK & WHITE): Figure 6. Touch screen technology is used extensively in the design and manufacture of automated teller machines (ATM).
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Shortly after sunrise, I am often on some deserted city street getting cash from an automated teller machine.
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These Automated Teller Machines eventually came to be known by an acronym that
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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.
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Why are kiosks, Automated Teller Machines, and other automated processes suddenly so bad for our national unemployment rate?
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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.
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They are available to the user and include locations of automated teller machines, banks, coffee shops, intersections, motels, restaurants, and used-car lots.
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Iowa prohibits banks from charging non-customers for using their automated teller machines.
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Many banks are raising service charges for everything from automated teller machine transactions to penalties for bounced checks.
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 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 the constituents: 'automated' (controlled by machines) + 'teller' (bank worker) + 'machine' yields a machine that performs a teller's banking tasks. This straightforward compounding pattern is cross-linguistically common (e.g., Spanish 'cajero automático') and therefore a B1 learner who knows the parts would readily understand the MWE.
Etymology
Automated teller machine is a simple name: teller means a bank worker, machine is a device, and automated means it works by itself. Think of a bank clerk replaced by a machine that gives you money when you use a card and PIN, so the name explains why it means 'a machine for withdrawing cash'.