cashpoint

See also: cash point

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Etymology

A genericization of Cashpoint, originally a registered trademark of Lloyds Bank introduced in 1972,[1] from cash +‎ point.

Noun

cashpoint (plural cashpoints)

  1. (UK, Ireland, banking) An automated teller machine.
    • 2009 May 12, Alan Travis, “Gordon Brown urges police to walk people home from cashpoint”, in The Guardian‎[2]:
      Gordon Brown today urged police across England and Wales to offer to walk the last mile home with people who feel unsafe after they visit the cashpoint.

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References

  1. ^ “Happy 40th Birthday to the modern day cash machine”, in IBM‎[1], 11 December 2012, archived from the original on 2 February 2014

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