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e-money

e-money noun: the virtual money used in e-banking or its shadow banking counterparts.

Noun

e-money (uncountable)

  1. The virtual money used in e-banking or its shadow banking counterparts.
    • Once e-money is accepted as universally as greenbacks, don't be surprised if a disheveled man on the street steps up to you and says, "Brother, can you spare a little stored value?"1995, “E-money”, in Popular Science, volume 247, number 1, page 74
    • Another form of e-money is the smart card.2009, Roger LeRoy Miller, Gaylord A. Jentz, Fundamentals of Business Law: Excerpted Cases, page 412

Synonyms of e-money

Origin of e-money

From e- + money.

Questions about e-money

What does e-money mean?
E-money means the virtual money used in e-banking or its shadow banking counterparts.
What part of speech is e-money?
E-money is a noun.

Words near e-money in the dictionary

  1. e-ministers
  2. e-mobility
  3. e-moderation
  4. e-module
  5. e-modules
  6. e-money
  7. e-moped
  8. e-mopeds
  9. e-moto
  10. e-motorbike
  11. e-motorbikes

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