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pay-by-wave

pay-by-wave noun: a contactless electronic payment technology by which a purchase is made by waving a card or mobile phone near a reader.

Noun

pay-by-wave (uncountable)

  1. A contactless electronic payment technology by which a purchase is made by waving a card or mobile phone near a reader.

Origin of pay-by-wave

21st century.

Questions about pay-by-wave

What does pay-by-wave mean?
Pay-by-wave means a contactless electronic payment technology by which a purchase is made by waving a card or mobile phone near a reader.
What part of speech is pay-by-wave?
Pay-by-wave is a noun.

Words near pay-by-wave in the dictionary

  1. pay what you want
  2. pay with one's life
  3. pay-and-display
  4. pay-as-you-eat
  5. pay-as-you-go
  6. pay-by-wave
  7. pay-dirt
  8. pay-for
  9. pay-for-delay
  10. pay-fors
  11. pay-in slip

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