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chip and PIN

chip and PIN noun: a system for verifying that the bearer of a debit card or credit card is its owner by checking a PIN supplied by the bearer against a PIN stored on a silicon chip within the card.

Noun

chip and PIN (uncountable)

  1. A system for verifying that the bearer of a debit card or credit card is its owner by checking a PIN supplied by the bearer against a PIN stored on a silicon chip within the card.

Questions about chip and PIN

What does chip and PIN mean?
Chip and PIN means a system for verifying that the bearer of a debit card or credit card is its owner by checking a PIN supplied by the bearer against a PIN stored on a silicon chip within the card.
What part of speech is chip and PIN?
Chip and PIN is a noun.

Words near chip and PIN in the dictionary

  1. Chious
  2. Chiozzo
  3. chip
  4. chip and charge
  5. chip and gather
  6. chip and PIN
  7. chip at
  8. chip away
  9. chip bap
  10. chip baps
  11. chip barm

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