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cash machine

cash machine noun: synonym of automated teller machine.

cash machine: synonym of automated teller machine
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Noun

cash machine (plural cash machines)

  1. Synonym of automated teller machine.
    • I need to find a cash machine. I paid the tab at lunch, and now I have no cash left.
  2. (figuratively) Any person or thing alleged to be an easy source of cash.
    • Near-synonym: money bag
    • They say he's her boyfriend, but I think he's mostly just her cash machine.
    Synonyms:
    money bag
    1. (figuratively) A business perceived as reliably generating good cash flow and profit.
      • But its [Amazon's] dominance in its market helped it become a cash machine over time: $33bn in free cash flow in 2024, against $2bn 10 years before.2026 June 13, Robert Armstrong, “AI is revolutionising the stock market”, in FT Weekend, London: The Financial Times Ltd., →ISSN, →OCLC, page 5

Synonyms of cash machine

Forms of cash machine

pluralcash machines

Questions about cash machine

What does cash machine mean?
Cash machine means synonym of automated teller machine.
What part of speech is cash machine?
Cash machine is a noun.
What is the plural of cash machine?
The plural of cash machine is cash machines.

Words near cash machine in the dictionary

  1. cash is king
  2. cash leakage
  3. cash leakages
  4. cash limit
  5. cash limits
  6. cash machine
  7. cash machines
  8. cash money
  9. cash on delivery
  10. cash on the barrel head
  11. cash on the barrel-head

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