automated-teller machine

[aw-tuh-mey-tid tel-er]

au·to·mat·ed-tell·er machine

[aw-tuh-mey-tid tel-er]
noun
an electronic banking machine that dispenses cash, accepts deposits, and performs other services when a customer inserts a plastic card and pushes the proper coded buttons. Abbreviation: ATM
Also called automated teller, automatic-teller machine, cash machine, money machine.


Origin:
1980–85
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Automated-teller machine has a plethora of syllables.
So is floccinaucinihilipilification. Does it mean:
the estimation of something as valueless (encountered mainly as an example of one of the longest words in the English language).
(used as a nonsense word by children to express approval or to represent the longest word in English.)
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