cashless
cashless adjective: operating without the need for cash, such as by accepting nondigital, noncash forms of payment (e.g., chit, cheques, money orders) or (in the 21st century, usually) using digital payment methods (e-payment).
Adjective
cashless (comparative more cashless, superlative most cashless)
- Operating without the need for cash, such as by accepting nondigital, noncash forms of payment (e.g., chit, cheques, money orders) or (in the 21st century, usually) using digital payment methods (e-payment).
- cashless payment system
- cashless restaurant
- Synonyms:
- noncash
- Having no money.
- They were the same winged messengers that out-run cashless debtors, and cut short lovers' dreams.1853, The Knickerbocker: Or, New-York Monthly Magazine
- When calls are made on cashless penceless men,
The case is wonderfully altered then!1858, William Bownas, Arundines Bostonienses, page 85
cashless meaning in Tamil, Telugu, Kannada and Thai
cashless in Tamil
- காசாளாத, ரொக்கமற்ற
cashless in Telugu
- cashless
- నగదురహిత nagadurahita
cashless in Kannada
- ಹಣವಿಲ್ಲದ, ದುಡ್ಡಿಲ್ಲದ, ರೊಕ್ಕವಿಲ್ಲದ, ಕಾಸಿಲ್ಲದ
cashless in Thai
- operating without the need for cash
- ไร้เงินสด
Examples of cashless in a sentence
- The benefits and dangers of the cashless society will become more apparent over the next decade . . .1998, Danny Kruger, Access Denied?: Preventing Information Exclusion:
- It demanded taxes, which in a cashless society meant grain, cattle and, most tellingly, labor.2005, Jane R. Hogan, M. W. Daly, Images of Empire: Photographic Sources for the British in the Sudan:
- The rise of cashless establishments is happening amid continuing hype over the supposed dawn of a “cashless future” and agitation by some very powerful interests that would love to see cash disappear.2019 August 12, Jay Stanley, “Say No to the “Cashless Future” — and to Cashless Stores”, in ACLU:
Synonyms of cashless
Forms of cashless
| comparative | more cashless |
|---|---|
| superlative | most cashless |
Origin of cashless
From cash + -less.
Words formed from cashless
Questions about cashless
- What does cashless mean?
- Cashless means operating without the need for cash, such as by accepting nondigital, noncash forms of payment (e.g., chit, cheques, money orders) or (in the 21st century, usually) using digital payment methods (e-payment).
- What is cashless in Tamil?
- Cashless in Tamil is காசாளாத, ரொக்கமற்ற. See Cashless meaning in Tamil.
- How do you use cashless in a sentence?
- The benefits and dangers of the cashless society will become more apparent over the next decade . . .
- What part of speech is cashless?
- Cashless is an adjective.
Words near cashless in the dictionary
Source and license
Adapted from Wiktionary: cashless (page history and authors); Cashless (Tamil Wiktionary) (page history and authors); నగదురహిత (Telugu) (page history and authors); cashless (Kannada Wiktionary) (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.
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