[aw-tuh-mey-tid tel-er] 
| 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 |
| au·to·mat·ed teller machine (ô'tə-mā'tĭd) n. Abbr. ATM An unattended electronic machine in a public place, connected to a data system and related equipment and activated by a bank customer to obtain cash withdrawals and other banking services. Also called automatic teller machine, cash machine, money machine. |
| money machine n. See automated teller machine. |