automated-teller machine

[ aw-tuh-mey-tid--tel-er muh--sheen ]

noun

1. an electronic banking machine that dispenses cash, accepts deposits, and performs other services when a customer inserts a plastic card and pushes the proper coded buttons. : ATM

automated teller machine

noun

1. a computerized cash dispenser ATM

Word History and Origins

Origin of automated-teller machine¹

First recorded in 1970–75

Example Sentences

One evening in April, Dave Winston stood in a convenience store in suburban Charlotte, N.C., uneasily shoving $20 bills into a slim automated-teller machine unlike any he had ever seen.

From Wall Street Journal

At the same time, the bank said it would expand its automated-teller machine network, adding 52 ATMs at elevated train stations in the Chicago area.

From Wall Street Journal

Ansip withdrew the first 20-euro note from a ceremonial automated-teller machine shortly after midnight.

From BusinessWeek

There's no mistaking an automated-teller machine for a bank teller.

From Time Magazine Archive

It is, in short, one of the great conveniences of modern technology: the ATM, or automated-teller machine.

From Time Magazine Archive

Related Words

• ATM
• automatic teller machine
• cash machine