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EMV

EMV proper noun: a payment method based upon a technical standard for smart payment cards and the terminals and ATMs that can accept them. Also the initialism of expected monetary value.

Proper noun

EMV

  1. A payment method based upon a technical standard for smart payment cards and the terminals and ATMs that can accept them.

Also used as

EMV is also the initialism of expected monetary value.

Forms of EMV

pluralEMVs

Origin of EMV

Originally an initialism for "Europay, Mastercard, Visa", the three companies that created the standard.

Questions about EMV

What does EMV mean?
EMV means a payment method based upon a technical standard for smart payment cards and the terminals and ATMs that can accept them.
What part of speech is EMV?
EMV is a proper noun.

Words near EMV in the dictionary

  1. emutail
  2. emutails
  3. emuwary
  4. emuwren
  5. emuwrens
  6. EMV
  7. emvowel
  8. emvowelled
  9. emvowelling
  10. emvowels
  11. emyd

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