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e-wallet

e-wallet noun: an electronic data store for a customer's e-money, credit card details, etc.

Noun (1)

e-wallet (plural e-wallets)

  1. An electronic data store for a customer's e-money, credit card details, etc.
    • The concept of virtual cash, and its associated counterpart, the e-Wallet or Digital Wallet became popular vocabulary in the 1990s when a number of initiatives were launched. The digital wallet, either stored on a physical medium such as a smart card of some kind […] or sitting on a server...2002, Michael Chesher, Rukesh Kaura, Peter Linton, chapter 3, in Electronic Business & Commerce, Springer Science & Business Media, →ISBN, page 53

Noun (2) capitalized: e-Wallet

e-Wallet (plural e-Wallets)

  1. (alternative) Alternative form of e-wallet.

Synonyms of e-wallet

Forms of e-wallet

plurale-wallets
alternative formewallet
alternative forme-Wallet
plurale-Wallets

Origin of e-wallet

From e- (“electronic”) + wallet.

Questions about e-wallet

What does e-wallet mean?
E-wallet means an electronic data store for a customer's e-money, credit card details, etc.
What part of speech is e-wallet?
E-wallet is a noun.
What is the plural of e-wallet?
The plural of e-wallet is e-wallets.

Words near e-wallet in the dictionary

  1. e-voter
  2. e-voters
  3. e-voting
  4. e-voucher
  5. e-vouchers
  6. e-wallet
  7. e-wallets
  8. e-warfare
  9. e-waste
  10. e-whiteboard
  11. e-whiteboards

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